League Play-Off

Uribelarrea
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Arsenio Balesio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnoldo Elequemedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After 4 played minutes corazon de leon got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Alarcon. Aureliano Onofre charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aureliano Onofre the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Aureliano Onofre hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Melchor Iraitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jesus Peter in the 15th minute of play. Melchor Iraitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Ceandro, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 19th match minute, Leon FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aureliano Onofre to maneuver through the defense. Leon FC were furious when Fernando Cordaryal was red carded, 27 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 26th minute of the game. One of Leon FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of corazon de leon:s goal. Melchor Iraitz went to the wrong direction when Hugo Alarcon was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Jesus Peter took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Melchor Iraitz. Melchor Iraitz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Arnoldo Elequemedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Javier Abel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Arsenio Balesio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Leon FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. corazon de leon were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arnoldo Elequemedo to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Arnoldo Elequemedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arsenio Balesio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 55 minutes, David Iraunkor mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Leon FC and the corazon de leon players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 55 played minutes Leon FC got a freekick which was hit by David Iraunkor. In the 58th minute, corazon de leon's Jesus Peter dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind corazon de leon's goalkeeper Arsenio Balesio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Javier Abel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arsenio Balesio having to interfere. Arnoldo Elequemedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 73rd minute, corazon de leon's Panos Skilopnichtis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Arnoldo Elequemedo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arsenio Balesio having to make a save. Javier Abel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Arsenio Balesio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. corazon de leon's Jesus Peter got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The corazon de leon supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing corazon de leon would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.