League Play-Off

Estadio Donadeu
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. Igor Fe started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Fe in the 5th minute of play forced atlas's goalkeeper Miguel Florin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bonifacio Mitxaut fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apolo Felipillo having to interfere. Severino Checa kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, atlas's Ermegildo Iaki got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 15thth minute Tadeo Martxelin easily got through atlas's defense and fired away a shot, but Miguel Florin leaped left and performed a fabulous save. In the 16th minute Hipolito Lugo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Florin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 19th minute Melquiades Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Florin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 22 in the game by Martin Berart from a close distance when the talented Apolo Felipillo managed to make a qualified save. Reducción AFC's players were relieved. Bonifacio Mitxaut received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Apolo Felipillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Igor Fe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 27 minutes into the match, atlas's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Fe came free, but Miguel Florin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute, atlas's Luis Vasco dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Nicanor Lia's late challenge caught a atlas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicanor Lia helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st match minute, Reducción AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicanor Lia to maneuver through the defense. When Igor Fe came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Reducción AFC 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 Igor Fe couldn't finish the play. In the 40th minute Melquiades Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Florin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Bonifacio Mitxaut's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Apolo Felipillo was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. If Melquiades Ramos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Miguel Florin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Igor Fe went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bonifacio Mitxaut to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Bonifacio Mitxaut shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apolo Felipillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bonifacio Mitxaut took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Apolo Felipillo. Apolo Felipillo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. When Martin Berart came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the atlas 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 Martin Berart couldn't finish the play. Miguel Florin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Fe, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Reducción AFC's Igor Fe slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Miguel Florin. That made the score 2-2 after 63 minutes of play. 73 minutes into the game, Igor Fe recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Miguel Florin. Igor Fe showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. Martin Berart received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Apolo Felipillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 80 minutes into the match, Bonifacio Mitxaut had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Apolo Felipillo. Reducción AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bonifacio Mitxaut was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. In the 83rd minute Hipolito Lugo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Florin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miguel Florin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicanor Lia in the 84th minute of the match. Miguel Florin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Fe in the 93rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Fe in the 95th minute of play forced atlas's goalkeeper Miguel Florin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Reducción AFC's zone, Martin Berart stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Apolo Felipillo came out of the goal and Martin Berart tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Reducción AFC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.