League Play-Off

Estadio Guardamonte
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Evaristo Chan kicked off to start the match. Apolo Urbes hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Arnaldo Gasteiz, 7 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Taladro C.A's Cristobal Bixintxo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Mero in the 9th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Omar Salamon in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristobal Bixintxo saved Taladro C.A from getting behind. Leandro Abadia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Chan in the 12th minute of the match. Cristobal Bixintxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omar Salamon in the 18th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Serafin Rufo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leandro Abadia was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. When Omar Salamon came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Magos FC 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 Omar Salamon couldn't finish the play. Apolo Urbes shot a long shot in the 27th minute and a light blocked Leandro Abadia hadn't a chance when the ball went into goal on his right side. It was 2-0. Cristobal Bixintxo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcos Mero, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After some careless play in the Taladro C.A defense, Omar Salamon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristobal Bixintxo. The Taladro C.A fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristobal Bixintxo should have stopped the shot. Americo Florin hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Americo Florin was shown his second yellow card after 37 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 38th match minute, Taladro C.A was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Americo Florin to maneuver through the defense. When Magos FC's Marcos Mero, in the 40th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Magos FC. Serafin Rufo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Leandro Abadia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Omar Salamon was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute of the match Magos FC got a corner. Taladro C.A's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arnaldo Gasteiz ran over to the corner to take the kick. Florentino Txartiko was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Cristobal Bixintxo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcos Mero's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcos Mero got free with Cristobal Bixintxo in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcos Mero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Taladro C.A's Cleto Eutor got a free kick in the 68th minute. Serafin Rufo might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leandro Abadia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Serafin Rufo ran back to his position shaking his head. 72 minutes into the match, Magos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rene Valery came free, but Leandro Abadia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serafin Rufo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcos Mero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cristobal Bixintxo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. Cleto Eutor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leandro Abadia having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Salamon in the 88th minute of play forced Taladro C.A's goalkeeper Cristobal Bixintxo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Mero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristobal Bixintxo having to interfere. Marcos Mero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 95th minute, Prudencio Roano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Taladro C.A's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.