League Play-Off

El Universal
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gavino Llanos kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Estrella Roja's Osvaldo Roldanillo got a free kick in the 4th minute. Generoso Montae didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Francisco Jacindo went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Jaime Monico charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jaime Monico the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 12th match minute, Estrella Roja was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Monico to maneuver through the defense. Niceto Sazon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aureliano Artal having to interfere. A collision led to joseph pla getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Rogelio Cristofor hit a great ball. Niceto Sazon scored 1-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aureliano Artal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 25 played minutes Estrella Roja got a freekick which was hit by Jaime Monico. When Eugenio Ariando fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored joseph pla's protests and gave Eugenio Ariando a yellow card for diving instead. Niceto Sazon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, joseph pla's Justino Jokin got a free kick in the 38th minute. Jaime Monico fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aureliano Artal having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Francisco Jacindo in the 44th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Estrella Roja's Jaime Monico. After 47 played minutes Estrella Roja got a freekick which was hit by Dalmacio Maurin. Estrella Roja's Generoso Montae played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rogelio Cristofor in the 49th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Eloy Etxeberri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Generoso Montae tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 56 minutes into the match, Estrella Roja's goal looked a bit too open when Rogelio Cristofor came free, but Generoso Montae reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jaime Monico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Aureliano Artal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Niceto Sazon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Estrella Roja's supporters rose to their feet, but Niceto Sazon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aureliano Artal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ignacio Sendoa hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Osvaldo Roldanillo kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Generoso Montae acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 72nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Baltasar Ongile. Niceto Sazon might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aureliano Artal. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Niceto Sazon ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 76th minute, Jaime Monico hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85thth minute of the game Niceto Sazon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but joseph pla's Aureliano Artal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in joseph pla's zone, Gavino Llanos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aureliano Artal came out of the goal and Gavino Llanos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Niceto Sazon blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aureliano Artal having to make a save. Niceto Sazon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aureliano Artal having to interfere. When Eleuterio Licerio came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Estrella Roja 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 Eleuterio Licerio couldn't finish the play. Niceto Sazon might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aureliano Artal. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Niceto Sazon ran back to his position shaking his head. 94 minutes into the game, Ignacio Sendoa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Aureliano Artal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Estrella Roja's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.