League Play-Off

Estadio El Escorial
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) El Escorial AFC's Guaberto Companys 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. Guaberto Companys sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, El Carrer De Baix's Dacio Estrada got control of the ball when Tomás Ocaña tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 9 played minutes El Escorial AFC got a freekick which was hit by Urbano Buenafuente. Ramiro Arratia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Micael Aguilar in the 13th minute of the match. Micael Aguilar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ramiro Arratia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amancio Manrique in the 17th minute of the match. In the 23rd match minute, El Escorial AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcos Moreno to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Amancio Manrique's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ramiro Arratia was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. In the 27th minute, Juan-Francisco Benito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in El Escorial AFC's zone, Amancio Manrique stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ramiro Arratia came out of the goal and Amancio Manrique tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Guaberto Companys had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, El Carrer De Baix's Julen Quesada got a free kick in the 36th minute. Rodolfo Cainzos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dacio Estrada having to interfere. Rodolfo Cainzos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 45th minute Guaberto Companys shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dacio Estrada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th minute of the match Urbano Buenafuente sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dacio Estrada skillfully saved the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Amancio Manrique stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ramiro Arratia was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Micael Aguilar showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 51 minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Guaberto Companys had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dacio Estrada. El Carrer De Baix's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guaberto Companys was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 62 minutes into the match, Rodolfo Cainzos notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of El Carrer De Baix's Dacio Estrada. Dacio Estrada was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Micael Aguilar got free with Ramiro Arratia in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th minute, Julen Quesada hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Guaberto Companys in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dacio Estrada saved El Carrer De Baix from getting behind. Bitxintxo Diez kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. El Escorial AFC's Ramiro Arratia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save El Escorial AFC from getting a goal against them. Guaberto Companys received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Dacio Estrada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Micael Aguilar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Ramiro Arratia made a huge save. Ramiro Arratia made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Micael Aguilar sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. El Escorial AFC had won after a very even match.