League Play-Off

Estadio Lleida
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Lleida AFC's Julio Costa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mario Flores sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jordi Idiaquez's late challenge caught a Lleida AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jordi Idiaquez helped the player get up and apologised. After 7 played minutes la caña de españa got a freekick which was hit by Jordi Idiaquez. la caña de españa's Jordi Idiaquez got his second yellow card of the match in the 8th minute. The referee ordered Jordi Idiaquez off the ground. After 9 played minutes la caña de españa got a freekick which was hit by Jordi Idiaquez. Mario Flores was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 10th minute. Lleida AFC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Julio Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Nestor Irureta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, la caña de españa's Juan-Pablo Zárate got a free kick in the 14th minute. 19 minutes into the match, la caña de españa's goalkeeper Nestor Irureta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mario Flores. Nestor Irureta made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Mario Flores sent off a good shot on target. Mario Flores fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nestor Irureta having to interfere. Mario Flores might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nestor Irureta. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mario Flores ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 39th minute, Celio Manrique ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mino Alabern was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 45th minute Julio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nestor Irureta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Celio Manrique fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mino Alabern having to interfere.

Celio Manriques short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Mino Alabern to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Julio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 56 minutes into the match, Mario Flores had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nestor Irureta. la caña de españa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mario Flores was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Juan Bernal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 66th minute, Mario Flores 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. In the 67th match minute, la caña de españa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan-Pablo Zárate to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julio Costa in the 68th minute of play forced la caña de españa's goalkeeper Nestor Irureta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan-Pablo Zárate hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After 72 played minutes, Lleida AFC's Gonzo Sarro shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nestor Irureta came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lleida AFC reached it. Mario Flores struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Nestor Irureta didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lleida AFC. Celio Manrique took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mino Alabern. Mino Alabern dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After 84 minutes, Juan-Pablo Zárate mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the la caña de españa and the Lleida AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Juan-Pablo Zárate hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. If Mario Flores had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Mario Flores had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st minute, Julio Costa 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. In the 94th minute, Ezequiel Alavedra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. la caña de españa's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.