League Play-Off

Estadio Gerena
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Gerena's Xuan Benítez 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. Berriotxoa Sirvent received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Mino Casillas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anastasio Orbiz in the 5th minute of play forced Gerena's goalkeeper Abrahan De Pedro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 10 minutes, Anastasio Orbiz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. San Francisco AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anastasio Orbiz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 12thth minute of the game Ponc Feliu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gerena's Abrahan De Pedro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 15 minutes of play, San Francisco AFC's Ponc Feliu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abrahan De Pedro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mino Casillas made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Berriotxoa Sirvent sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to San Francisco AFC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Sabin Valverde hit a great ball. A collision led to Gerena getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Ruperto Mayor hit a great ball. After 33 played minutes Gerena got a freekick which was hit by Gaston Barrientos. In the 34th match minute, Gerena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lisandro Espinosa to maneuver through the defense. Zumar Rivera was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 35th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 38th minute, Anastasio Orbiz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abrahan De Pedro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 45th minute, Gerena got a penalty, and Ruperto Mayor placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ponc Feliu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mino Casillas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Berriotxoa Sirvent, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 54th match minute, San Francisco AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabricio Herrera to maneuver through the defense. Berriotxoa Sirvent received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Mino Casillas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Xuan Benítez might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mino Casillas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xuan Benítez ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 64th minute, Xuan Benítez 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. Fabricio Herrera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Ponc Feliu came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the San Francisco AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ponc Feliu couldn't finish the play. San Francisco AFC's Mino Casillas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Berriotxoa Sirvent in the 75th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anastasio Orbiz during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 77th match minute, San Francisco AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anastasio Orbiz to maneuver through the defense. In the 78th minute of the match Ruperto Mayor shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mino Casillas showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Sabin Valverde had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mino Casillas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xuan Benítez, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The Gerena supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching San Francisco AFC's performance. The match ended with a win for San Francisco AFC.