League Play-Off

Estadio Granville
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Rafael Eneko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Choiqué AFC's Jonathan Galindo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Choiqué AFC from getting a goal against them. 9 minutes into the match, Choiqué AFC's goalkeeper Jonathan Galindo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dariusz Pietrowiak. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Bizen in the 12th minute of play forced Choiqué AFC's goalkeeper Jonathan Galindo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Felipe Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the game, Felipe Santos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Rafael Eneko was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th minute, Alejandro Bizen fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tiro Mata in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Galindo saved Choiqué AFC from getting behind. In the 28th minute, Choiqué AFC's Hugo Furtado seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Hugo Furtado the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Choiqué AFC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Hugo Furtado had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 28th minute of the game. One of Choiqué AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Granville AFC:s goal. When the match had been going on for 30 minutes, Granville AFC's Ricardo Arano got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Jonathan Galindo. In the 34th minute, Damian Paulin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Felipe Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the match, Granville AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Fidel Ler came free, but Rafael Eneko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fidel Ler hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. 44 minutes into the game, Granville AFC's Dariusz Pietrowiak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Galindo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Dariusz Pietrowiak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 48th minute of the match, but Jonathan Galindo made a huge save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

In the 53rd minute Dariusz Pietrowiak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Galindo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alejandro Bizen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jonathan Galindo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Felipe Santoss short, quick shot in the 65thth minute got Rafael Eneko to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Fidel Ler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Rafael Eneko made a huge save. 68 minutes into the match, Damian Paulin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rafael Eneko. Granville AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Damian Paulin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Jonathan Galindo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dariusz Pietrowiak in the 79th minute of the match. After 82 played minutes Denis Ibon rounded Granville AFC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-4. The audience was convinced that Alejandro Bizen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Galindo was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Choiqué AFC's Jonathan Galindo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dariusz Pietrowiak in the 89th minute of play. Fidel Ler hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Choiqué AFC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.