League Play-Off

Orozqueta
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peru Prats started the match with the kick off. Eli Quesada's late challenge caught a Bentolea's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eli Quesada helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Orozqueta AFC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Eli Quesada hit a great ball. Cosme Dean took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fagondo Armada. Fagondo Armada dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 11 minutes into the match, Bentolea's goal looked a bit too open when Peru Prats came free, but Aristides Palanques reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute, Josias Quijana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fagondo Armada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosme Dean in the 19th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Alvaro Camaño managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bentolea's supporters rose to their feet, but Alvaro Camaño was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fagondo Armada breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alvaro Camaño received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Fagondo Armada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute Cosme Dean shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fagondo Armada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peru Prats sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Orozqueta AFC's zone, Cosme Dean stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fagondo Armada came out of the goal and Cosme Dean tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 40 minutes, Alvaro Camaño managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bentolea's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alvaro Camaño was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Cosme Dean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Orozqueta AFC's zone, Alvaro Camaño stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fagondo Armada came out of the goal and Alvaro Camaño tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half Bentolea were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cosme Dean was the one to do the kick off. Orozqueta AFC's Fagondo Armada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cosme Dean in the 53rd minute of play. Cosme Dean 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. When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Alvaro Camaño sped through Orozqueta AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fagondo Armada. If Cosme Dean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Peru Prats managed to get in a good position for a shot. Orozqueta AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Peru Prats was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aristides Palanques breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Alvaro Camaño had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th minute, Alvaro Camaño hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alvaro Camaño fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fagondo Armada having to interfere. Goyo Paz hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cosme Dean in the 79th minute of play forced Orozqueta AFC's goalkeeper Fagondo Armada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the game, Anastasio Gomar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Orozqueta AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bentolea the free kick. After a rather tough play, Orozqueta AFC's Luke Fresnos got a free kick in the 83rd minute. In the 84th minute, Sinforiano Negro 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. A hard shot 86 in the game by Alvaro Camaño from a close distance when the talented Fagondo Armada managed to make a qualified save. Orozqueta AFC's players were relieved. In the 91st minute, Bentolea's Cutberto Astudillo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fagondo Armada. Fagondo Armada yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. In the 95th match minute, Bentolea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Alcalde to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Peru Prats's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aristides Palanques was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. When the final whistle sounded Bentolea left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Orozqueta AFC.