League Play-Off

Gavada Estadio
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fulgencio Cifuentes got the match started through his kick off. Gavada AFC's Geofredo Fuentes got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Geofredo Fuentes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Loreto Aizpurua received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Epicuro Sánchez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. El Pobla Nou De Benitatxell's Epicuro Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geofredo Fuentes in the 8th minute of play. Loreto Aizpurua struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Epicuro Sánchez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gavada AFC. Lalo Rosas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Epicuro Sánchez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 14 minutes, Baudilio Diaz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Pobla Nou De Benitatxell and the Gavada AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Loreto Aizpurua fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Epicuro Sánchez having to interfere. Geofredo Fuentes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Epicuro Sánchez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Baudilio Diaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 30 minutes into the match, Loreto Aizpurua had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Epicuro Sánchez. El Pobla Nou De Benitatxell's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Loreto Aizpurua was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Gavada AFC's Lalo Rosas got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 37th minute, Froilan Rivera ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Turi Vilanova was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Loreto Aizpurua's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Epicuro Sánchez firmly grabbed it by the left post. Loreto Aizpurua sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Geofredo Fuentes struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Epicuro Sánchez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gavada AFC. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Loreto Aizpurua stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. El Pobla Nou De Benitatxell's Froilan Rivera got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Froilan Rivera's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Turi Vilanova firmly grabbed it by the left post. 59 minutes into the match, Gavada AFC's goalkeeper Turi Vilanova had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Froilan Rivera. Epicuro Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loreto Aizpurua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute Lalo Rosas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Epicuro Sánchez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Epicuro Sánchez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loreto Aizpurua in the 72nd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Fulgencio Cifuentes took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Turi Vilanova to make any attempt to save it. 90 minutes into the match, Gavada AFC's goalkeeper Turi Vilanova had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Froilan Rivera. If Jokin Maestro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Froilan Rivera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Turi Vilanova having to interfere. El Pobla Nou De Benitatxell's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.