League Play-Off

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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Conrado Clodio made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the game, Francisco Jaen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Castaño AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nortcuys the free kick. Francisco Jaen kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Mauricio Porfirio sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Castaño AFC's Evaristo Garaona didn't even have to move. After some careless play in the Castaño AFC defense, Octavio Orlondon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Evaristo Garaona. The Castaño AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Evaristo Garaona should have stopped the shot. Nortcuys's Prudencio Mitxaut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florentino Mantzio in the 13th minute of play. Prudencio Mitxaut took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florentino Mantzio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 20 minutes into the match, Castaño AFC's goalkeeper Evaristo Garaona had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Conrado Clodio. After 21 played minutes Nortcuys got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Mannuel. Denis Pere hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Evaristo Garaona made an important save on a dangerous shot by Conrado Clodio in the 26th minute. Evaristo Garaona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conrado Clodio, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After recieving a nice pass, Nortcuys's Mauricio Porfirio tried to score from far away in the 34th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 39th minute, Zacarias Mannuel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emilio Bastiaro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 41 minutes into the game, Octavio Orlondon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nortcuys's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Castaño AFC the free kick. The supporters of Castaño AFC booed when Nortcuys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octavio Orlondon didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 46 minutes of play, Castaño AFC's Pablo Machado made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Prudencio Mitxaut was left in no man's land by his defense there! The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pablo Machado to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Octavio Orlondon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evaristo Garaona saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pablo Machado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Prudencio Mitxaut tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabian Gaskon scored 2-1 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Evaristo Garaona, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Francisco Jaen scored 2-2 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Prudencio Mitxaut, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mauricio Porfirio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evaristo Garaona having to interfere. In the 67th minute Conrado Clodio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evaristo Garaona saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nortcuys's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Andres Jurgi 70 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-3. Evaristo Garaona showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Gaskon in the 76th minute of the match. In the 84th match minute, Castaño AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pablo Machado to maneuver through the defense. After 87 minutes of play Castaño AFC's Francisco Jaen was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Francisco Jaen kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Evaristo Garaona made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrian Fortun in the 89th minute of play. If Octavio Orlondon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 94th minute, Fabian Gaskon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nortcuys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.