League Play-Off

Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cornelio Lopes started the match with the kick off. Victorino Gartzi scored 1-0 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dionisio Nuxila, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonas Nesor recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dario Tallia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florencio Iaki in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Cornelio Lopes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Victorino Gartzi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dionisio Nuxila read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 11th minute of play. Dionisio Nuxila came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by AAAJ campeon's Victorino Gartzi. But to his dismay, Victorino Gartzi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. AAAJ campeon's Victorino Gartzi got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 27th minute, Jesus Acosta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Victorino Gartzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Dionisio Nuxila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Omar Izotz fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Real Bañil's protests and gave Omar Izotz a yellow card for diving instead. Omar Izotz kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Nesor in the 48th minute of play forced AAAJ campeon's goalkeeper Dario Tallia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Florencio Iaki to strike the kick off in the second half. Natalio Dominix might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dionisio Nuxila. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Natalio Dominix ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonas Nesor was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 53rd minute. Real Bañil's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Victorino Gartzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Dionisio Nuxila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornelio Lopes in the 59th minute of play forced Real Bañil's goalkeeper Dionisio Nuxila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, AAAJ campeon's goalkeeper Dario Tallia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonas Nesor. Dionisio Nuxila didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cornelio Lopes went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, Real Bañil's Dario Tallia threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Florencio Iaki, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 81st minute, Victorino Gartzi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dionisio Nuxila was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Dario Tallia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jonas Nesor in the 93rd minute. Victorino Gartzi took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dionisio Nuxila. Dionisio Nuxila dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The AAAJ campeon fans cheered their team off the field, for while Real Bañil had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.