League Play-Off

Sébila
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. Angel Jurgi started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Sébila AFC booed when Crotto AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Braulio Resto didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Braulio Resto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Apolo Alvarez was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Crotto AFC were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Sébila AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. German Abeita took the corner. After 15 minutes, Braulio Resto made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Sébila AFC's Apolo Alvarez tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 18 played minutes Sébila AFC got a freekick which was hit by Angel Jurgi. Severino Vincente fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teodosio Hotz having to interfere. In the 26th minute Braulio Resto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apolo Alvarez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Arturo Furtado 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. When Natalio Colas fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sébila AFC's protests and gave Natalio Colas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 30th minute, Natalio Colas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Braulio Resto came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Crotto 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 Braulio Resto couldn't finish the play. After 33 minutes, German Abeita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crotto AFC and the Sébila AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Sébila AFC booed when Crotto AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. German Abeita didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Eusebio Gonsalve from long distance, 34 minutes into the match, got Teodosio Hotz's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Placido Locaio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crotto AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Placido Locaio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Apolo Alvarez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Braulio Resto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apolo Alvarez having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Braulio Resto to strike the kick off in the second half. Apolo Alvarez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Braulio Resto's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Furtado in the 55th minute of play forced Sébila AFC's goalkeeper Apolo Alvarez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute, Placido Locaio 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. If Braulio Resto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Crotto AFC booed when Sébila AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Natalio Colas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Braulio Resto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 69thth minute, Apolo Alvarez skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 70th play minute Arturo Furtado came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Apolo Alvarez. 0-2. Apolo Alvarez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Braulio Resto in the 76th minute. Arturo Furtado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apolo Alvarez having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Crotto AFC's Eriberto Frichoso dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. After 83 minutes, Braulio Resto made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Sébila AFC's Apolo Alvarez tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Braulio Restos short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got Apolo Alvarez to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Placido Locaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apolo Alvarez having to interfere. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Sébila AFC's goalkeeper Apolo Alvarez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.