League Play-Off

Nicolas Avellaneda
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gonzalo Eladio got the match started through his kick off. Luisito Bittor hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Cafe Veloz FC's Bonifacio Lalla got a free kick in the 7th minute. Godofredo Gilabert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Arnoldo Rosario showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gonzalo Eladio in the 16th minute of the match. Feliberto Gaizkine came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Cafe Veloz FC's Edgardo Seber. But to his dismay, Edgardo Seber quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Javier Soin charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Javier Soin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Javier Soin kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. After 27 played minutes, Trebolares AFC's Lisandro Abecia shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Arnoldo Rosario 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 Trebolares AFC reached it. Anselmo Urbasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bonifacio Lalla kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Epifanio Urko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgardo Seber who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 44thth minute tested the skills of Feliberto Gaizkine when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Arnoldo Rosario took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gonzalo Eladio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Feliberto Gaizkine showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgardo Seber in the 52nd minute of the match. If Anselmo Urbasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anselmo Urbasa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Feliberto Gaizkine having to interfere. Feliberto Gaizkine took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgardo Seber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Edgardo Seber got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Feliberto Gaizkine quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Natalio Intxixu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Godofredo Gilabert 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. Javier Soin kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. In the 73rd minute Gonzalo Eladio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnoldo Rosario saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Cafe Veloz FC's Arnoldo Rosario got control of the ball when Baldomiro Maore tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edgardo Seber succeeded in the game's 78th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 82 minutes into the game, when Bonifacio Lalla put in a rough tackle. Bonifacio Lalla hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute Epifanio Urko managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. Luisito Bittor recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arnoldo Rosario was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Epifanio Urko. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Cafe Veloz FC fully deserved thier win.