League Play-Off

La Jaboneria
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ruperto Izel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arturo Louis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugenio Mendebal in the 9th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ariel F.C.'s Enrique Llorenc got a free kick in the 20th minute. Ariel F.C.'s Ubaldo Ur quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ignacio Hotz, made in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 23rd minute, Enrique Llorenc ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Pedro Lago was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Eugenio Mendebal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ariel F.C.'s Arturo Louis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerardo Medina in the 29th minute of play. In the 34th minute Ruperto Izel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Lago saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee gave diablos a penalty, 36 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Esteban Hitz, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ariel F.C.'s Arturo Louis. 2-1. If Enrique Llorenc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enrique Llorenc got free with José Pedro Lago in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Enrique Llorenc was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerardo Medina in the 54th minute of play forced Ariel F.C.'s goalkeeper Arturo Louis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute, one of Ariel F.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ariel F.C.. Esteban Hitz walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Ariel F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 67th minute, when Gerardo Medina scored to the left of an out of position Arturo Louis, making the score, 2-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Enrique Llorenc managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ariel F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Enrique Llorenc was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. José Pedro Lago breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Esteban Hitz struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Arturo Louis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for diablos. 77 minutes into the match, diablos's Gerardo Medina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arturo Louis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Arturo Louis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gerardo Medina in the 80th minute. Arturo Louis was a little too slow when Gerardo Medina got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 2-3. With a little luck, Ariel F.C.'s Arturo Louis got control of the ball when Eugenio Mendebal tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arturo Louis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerardo Medina in the 92nd minute of play. Enrique Llorenc struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. José Pedro Lago didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ariel F.C.. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. diablos had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.