League Play-Off

Pierluigui Colina
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Ricardo Todor made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Todor in the 5th minute of play forced Kmorra's goalkeeper Amado Perrando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jorge Chuan in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amado Perrando saved Kmorra from getting behind. Gavino Aznar hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After 14 minutes, Claudio Montxo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Club Atletico Talleres and the Kmorra players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Hermengildo Ikatz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Ricardo Todor came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Club Atletico Talleres 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 Ricardo Todor couldn't finish the play. Amado Perrando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Todor in the 28th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Kmorra's zone, Jorge Chuan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Amado Perrando came out of the goal and Jorge Chuan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Jorge Chuan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amado Perrando was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Candido Iraitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermengildo Ikatz, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 34thth minute of the game Claudio Montxo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kmorra's Amado Perrando was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ricardo Todor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amado Perrando having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Kmorra's Lino Ignazio got a free kick in the 40th minute. Candido Iraitz made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Niceto Argider sent off a good shot on target. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

In the 52nd minute Ricardo Todor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amado Perrando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Candido Iraitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermengildo Ikatz in the 53rd minute of the match. Amado Perrando made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Chuan in the 56th minute. In the 69th minute, Jorge Chuan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Atletico Talleres fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After a rather tough play, Club Atletico Talleres's Claudio Montxo got a free kick in the 71st minute. After 75 played minutes Kmorra got a freekick which was hit by Christian Argider. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kmorra's goalkeeper Amado Perrando, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 77 minutes, Hermengildo Ikatz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kmorra's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hermengildo Ikatz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Ricardo Todor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amado Perrando was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. 83 minutes into the game, Aureliano Bizen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Club Atletico Talleres's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kmorra the free kick. After a rather tough play, Club Atletico Talleres's Aureliano Bizen got a free kick in the 83rd minute. After 85 played minutes, Kmorra's Lino Ignazio shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Candido Iraitz came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Kmorra reached it. Gavino Aznar charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gavino Aznar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Club Atletico Talleres's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.