League Play-Off

Estadio Mallín
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Higinio Bidari started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Horacio Erroman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Pastor Azubeli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pastor Azubeli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horacio Erroman, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 7th match minute, Mallín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Severino Berriotxoa to maneuver through the defense. The Tacurales FC fans' excitement grew in the 14th match minute when Tacurales FC's Gaudencio Elodio looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After recieving a nice pass, Tacurales FC's Fabio Tallia tried to score from far away in the 19th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horacio Erroman in the 21st minute of play forced Mallín's goalkeeper Pastor Azubeli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Higinio Bidari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Otoniel having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Higinio Bidari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abelardo Otoniel was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Abelardo Otoniel didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 33rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. Cesar Ostots sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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 wind increased when Horacio Erroman made the kick off in the second half. Higinio Bidari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Otoniel having to interfere. If Gaudencio Elodio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abelardo Otoniel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cesar Ostots went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 72nd minute, Gaudencio Elodio fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Pastor Azubeli, passed just outside the right post. Pastor Azubeli was a little too slow when Horacio Erroman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 2-2. In the 79th minute Lorenzo Gudesteo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pastor Azubeli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abelardo Otoniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cesar Ostots, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pastor Azubeli was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Horacio Erroman showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-3 in the 93 minute of play. The Mallín supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Tacurales FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Tacurales FC.