League Play-Off

Penarrubia Estadio
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Colon Mayor made the kick off and thus started the match. Rogelio Abril fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egun Belalcaraz having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogelio Abril in the 8th minute of play forced Penarrubia AFC's goalkeeper Egun Belalcaraz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Eufrasio Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Colon Mayor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Cris Villafane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rogelio Abril received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Egun Belalcaraz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Rogelio Abril's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Egun Belalcaraz was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. 28 minutes into the game, Manchester Union FC's Eufrasio Freire nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Egun Belalcaraz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Rogelio Abril managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manchester Union FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Rogelio Abril was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egun Belalcaraz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Eufrasio Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rogelio Abril fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egun Belalcaraz having to interfere. Manchester Union FC's Eufrasio Freire got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rogelio Abril sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 43rd minute, Eufrasio Freire got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Rogelio Abril received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Egun Belalcaraz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eufrasio Freire fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egun Belalcaraz having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rogelio Abril was the one to do the kick off. Eufrasio Freire was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 57th minute. Manchester Union FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Rogelio Abril blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Egun Belalcaraz having to make a save. Egun Belalcaraz came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Manchester Union FC's Eufrasio Freire. But to his dismay, Eufrasio Freire quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Eufrasio Freire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Egun Belalcaraz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Rogelio Abril had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Egun Belalcaraz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogelio Abril in the 67th minute of the match. Egun Belalcaraz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogelio Abril in the 68th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Faustino Incera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cris Villafane was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 76th match minute, Manchester Union FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eufrasio Freire to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Manchester Union FC's Turi Palanques got a free kick in the 78th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Manchester Union FC's zone, Colon Mayor stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cris Villafane came out of the goal and Colon Mayor tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Penarrubia AFC's Egun Belalcaraz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rogelio Abril in the 93rd minute of play. If Rogelio Abril had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Manchester Union FC played a much better game than Penarrubia AFC and deserved their victory. The Penarrubia AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.