League Play-Off

Botija
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jacinto Niva got the match started through his kick off. Jacinto Niva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Mariano Ermano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Victoriano Mikolas's late challenge caught a Botija's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Victoriano Mikolas helped the player get up and apologised. Victoriano Mikolas hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Esteban Txomin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Lazcano in the 13th minute of play forced Botija's goalkeeper Leonardo Lander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th match minute, equipo deforme was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergio Lazcano to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to equipo deforme getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Jeremias Hechter hit a great ball. Albino Iruinea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. equipo deforme's Mariano Ermano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save equipo deforme from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Lazcano in the 27th minute of play forced Botija's goalkeeper Leonardo Lander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacinto Niva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Mariano Ermano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mariano Ermano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Esteban Txomin went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Botija's Leonardo Lander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Lander in the 34th minute of play. Albino Iruinea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Mariano Ermano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Luis Lander came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the equipo deforme 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 Luis Lander couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, equipo deforme's Mariano Ermano got control of the ball when Esteban Txomin tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luis Lander made a kick off. Jacinto Niva recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jacinto Niva scored 2-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mariano Ermano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Albino Iruinea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Albino Iruinea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Jacinto Niva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mariano Ermano was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. In the 68th minute Luis Lander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Lander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Albino Iruinea took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mariano Ermano. Mariano Ermano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. 78 minutes into the match, Botija's goalkeeper Leonardo Lander had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ciriaco Gomez. Valentin Ricart sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. equipo deforme's Mariano Ermano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albino Iruinea in the 91st minute of play. Botija'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.