League Play-Off

Estadio Aldover
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nayely Manzano kicked off to start the match. Lia Cabezas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Seve Domingo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Julen Pabon charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Julen Pabon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th minute, Julen Pabon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Beintza Labaien's zone, Lia Cabezas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Seve Domingo came out of the goal and Lia Cabezas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 16 minutes into the match, Beintza Labaien's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Pujol came free, but Seve Domingo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 1-0 became the score in the 17th minute when Simon Pujol elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 33 minutes into the match, Beintza Labaien's Urbasa Jaraba sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Niva Aizpurua narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 36th match minute, Aldover was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnaitz Novo to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute Nayely Manzano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niva Aizpurua saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Urbasa Jaraba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nayely Manzano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Simon Pujol to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Lia Cabezas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Seve Domingo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Aldover's Simon Pujol in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Beintza Labaien's goalie prevented a goal. Niva Aizpurua made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Urbasa Jaraba sent off a good shot on target. Luis-Jose Acosta kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Urbasa Jaraba managed to get in a good position for a shot. Beintza Labaien's supporters rose to their feet, but Urbasa Jaraba was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Niva Aizpurua breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 82nd minute, Julen Pabon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Seve Domingo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lia Cabezas's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. In the 87th minute, Aldover's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Urbasa Jaraba fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Beintza Labaien's Urbasa Jaraba got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Seve Domingo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Pujol in the 95th minute of play. Paulino Prats hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Beintza Labaien players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Aldover.