League Play-Off

Estadio Pozuelo De A
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rodolfo Abascal got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Pozuelo De Alarcón FC booed when La Esperanza SD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Egoi Sirvent didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Egoi Sirvent hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 7th minute, Porfiro Pascual fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Egoi Sirvent charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Egoi Sirvent the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Egoi Sirvent hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Osvaldo Martinez's late challenge caught a Pozuelo De Alarcón FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Osvaldo Martinez helped the player get up and apologised. After 12 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for La Esperanza SD! Egoi Sirvent was shown his second yellow card after 15 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Egoi Sirvent hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Vincente Campos was extremely unlucky when he, in the 20th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vincente Campos got free with Víctor España in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 30th minute, Porfiro Pascual fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Víctor España, passed just outside the right post. Vincente Campos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Víctor España firmly grabbed it by the left post. After having played for 33 minutes, Vincente Campos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pozuelo De Alarcón FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vincente Campos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Pozuelo De Alarcón FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Domingo Fuster hit a great ball. Eleazar Nadal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Egoitz Alcantara's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. Egoitz Alcantara blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eleazar Nadal having to make a save. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Porfiro Pascual made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Vincente Campos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Víctor España. La Esperanza SD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vincente Campos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. When Feliz Sánchez fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pozuelo De Alarcón FC's protests and gave Feliz Sánchez a yellow card for diving instead. After recieving a nice pass, La Esperanza SD's Federico Castellano tried to score from far away in the 60th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the game, Angelo Palomares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pozuelo De Alarcón FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La Esperanza SD the free kick. Angelo Palomares kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Pozuelo De Alarcón FC's Vincente Campos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Víctor España narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Vincente Campos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Víctor España showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Porfiro Pascual in the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vincente Campos in the 72nd minute of play forced La Esperanza SD's goalkeeper Víctor España to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Porfiro Pascual sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Víctor España made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Porfiro Pascual in the 80th minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Egoitz Alcantara ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eleazar Nadal was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 89 minutes into the match, La Esperanza SD's goal looked a bit too open when Domingo Fuster came free, but Víctor España reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 97th match minute, Pozuelo De Alarcón FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelo Palomares to maneuver through the defense. The La Esperanza SD players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Pozuelo De Alarcón FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.