League Play-Off

Estadio Portezuelo
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. Placido Romano started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, PIRATAS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Placido Romano came free, but Severiano Egun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th minute, Jonas Txaran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Placido Romano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severiano Egun having to interfere. Severiano Egun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Placido Romano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonas Txaran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Feliciano Estebano made a huge save. Feliciano Estebano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jonas Txaran in the 19th minute. After 20 played minutes ortegamania got a freekick which was hit by Claudio Hermon. In the 23rd minute, Jonas Txaran reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Feliciano Estebano. The goal made the score 1-0. Severiano Egun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Placido Romano in the 27th minute of play. A collision led to ortegamania getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Amador Mercurio hit a great ball. 31 minutes into the match, PIRATAS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Claudio Hermon came free, but Severiano Egun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute Placido Romano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Egun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 41 minutes into the game, Placido Romano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Severiano Egun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 47th minute Alfredo Crispo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Egun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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.

In the 50th minute, one of ortegamania:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ortegamania. Damian Eusko walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Feliciano Estebano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillermo Erauso in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Txaran in the 57th minute of play forced ortegamania's goalkeeper Feliciano Estebano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 59 minutes of play, PIRATAS FC's Jonas Txaran made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Feliciano Estebano was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 69th minute Guillermo Erauso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliciano Estebano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Placido Romano in the 72nd minute of play forced PIRATAS FC's goalkeeper Severiano Egun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute, Claudio Hermon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, ortegamania's Severiano Egun threw himself towards the right post 78 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cayetano Luke, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 79th minute Cayetano Luke shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Egun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Feliciano Estebano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Txaran in the 81st minute of play. Severiano Egun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cayetano Luke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the match, PIRATAS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Santo Ronaldinho came free, but Severiano Egun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Placido Romano in the 88th minute of play forced PIRATAS FC's goalkeeper Severiano Egun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Severiano Egun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cayetano Luke in the 91st minute of play. Feliciano Estebano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jonas Txaran went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. ortegamania's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.