League Play-Off

Estadio El Palmar
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Elivareo Aranzubia took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to El Paul AFC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Teo Abascal hit a great ball. With his leg Hector Zapico managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when El Palmar's Xalbador Jurado fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 7th minute, Xalbador Jurado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hector Zapico was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Elivareo Aranzubia managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Palmar's supporters rose to their feet, but Elivareo Aranzubia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hector Zapico breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Paul AFC's goalkeeper Hector Zapico, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elivareo Aranzubia in the 16th minute of play forced El Paul AFC's goalkeeper Hector Zapico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 17 played minutes El Paul AFC got a freekick which was hit by Antxoka Cabrera. After 17 played minutes, El Palmar's Fiz Romero shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hector Zapico 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 El Palmar reached it. The supporters of El Palmar booed when El Paul AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antxoka Cabrera didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elivareo Aranzubia kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Elivareo Aranzubia kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hector Zapico. That made the score 2-0 in the 22 minute of play. In the 28th minute, Ezequiel Verges 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. Xalbador Jurado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the El Paul AFC defense, Xalbador Jurado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hector Zapico. The El Paul AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hector Zapico should have stopped the shot. If Xalbador Jurado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hector Zapico took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elivareo Aranzubia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ezequiel Verges 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. If Ezequiel Verges had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Amaro Urbina to strike the kick off in the second half. Humberto Mendez kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Porfirio Maestro's late challenge caught a El Paul AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Porfirio Maestro helped the player get up and apologised. In the 55th minute, Porfirio Maestro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute, Amaro Urbina 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 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Palmar's goalkeeper Macerio Lorenzo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 68th match minute, El Paul AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rubio Montaña to maneuver through the defense. After 69 minutes of play, El Palmar's Elivareo Aranzubia made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hector Zapico was left in no man's land by his defense there! Macerio Lorenzo made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Ezequiel Verges sent off a good shot on target. In the 78th minute Amaro Urbina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Macerio Lorenzo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ezequiel Verges fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Macerio Lorenzo having to interfere. Xalbador Jurado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 86th match minute, El Palmar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pablo Menendez to maneuver through the defense. Berbiz Zapatero was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 87th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Ignacio Puyol hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Macerio Lorenzo made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Berbiz Zapatero sent off a good shot on target. Ezequiel Verges received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Macerio Lorenzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. El Palmar had won after a very even match.