League Play-Off

Roberto Medina
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in F.C Santa Victoria's zone, Eloy Quirce stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ceferino Domeka came out of the goal and Eloy Quirce tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eloy Quirce during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Eloy Quirce hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Eleuterio Cordarryl was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ildefonso Vimaro showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 16 minute of play. If Inocencio Honrio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Eloy Quirce managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blackdevil's supporters rose to their feet, but Eloy Quirce was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ceferino Domeka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 32nd minute, F.C Santa Victoria's Amador Huly ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Eleuterio Cordarryl. Eleuterio Cordarryl yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. If Eloy Quirce had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ceferino Domeka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Inocencio Honrio, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 42 minutes into the game, Amador Huly was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. F.C Santa Victoria's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Blackdevil the free kick. Amador Huly kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Ceferino Domeka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eloy Quirce, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Inocencio Honrio made the kick off in the second half. Eleuterio Cordarryl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anier Manni, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. After 56 minutes, Ildefonso Cordero mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Blackdevil and the F.C Santa Victoria players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th match minute, Blackdevil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ildefonso Cordero to maneuver through the defense. Eleuterio Cordarryl came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by F.C Santa Victoria's Ildefonso Vimaro. But to his dismay, Ildefonso Vimaro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. After 64 minutes of play F.C Santa Victoria's Amador Huly 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. A collision led to F.C Santa Victoria getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Amador Huly hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Guillermo Sadurni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eleuterio Cordarryl was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ildefonso Vimaro in the 71st minute of play forced Blackdevil's goalkeeper Eleuterio Cordarryl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eloy Quirce could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Ceferino Domeka made a huge save. Lorenzo Deunoro charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lorenzo Deunoro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 87th match minute, Blackdevil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Deunoro to maneuver through the defense. Ildefonso Vimaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Eleuterio Cordarryl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ceferino Domeka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eloy Quirce, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Eleuterio Cordarryl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ildefonso Vimaro in the 97th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The F.C Santa Victoria fans cheered their team off the field, for while Blackdevil had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.