League Play-Off

Estadio Tusquitas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aureliano Ixaka got the match started through his kick off. After 7 played minutes Jarpi got a freekick which was hit by Andres Ibañez. 14 minutes into the match, Dario Guillelme notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Jarpi's Mariano Galo. Mariano Galo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 19 minutes into the game, Epifanio Orixe was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Fenix FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jarpi the free kick. After a defensive mix-up in Fenix FC's zone, Matxin Campos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Domiku came out of the goal and Matxin Campos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Pedro Domiku made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aureliano Ixaka in the 22nd minute of play. Pedro Domiku showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aureliano Ixaka, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Pedro Domiku made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matxin Campos in the 24th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Fenix FC's zone, Aureliano Ixaka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Domiku came out of the goal and Aureliano Ixaka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Matxin Campos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mariano Galo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Epifanio Orixe in the 30th minute of the match. Pedro Domiku made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matxin Campos in the 32nd minute. Pedro Domiku made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Matxin Campos sent off a good shot on target. When Matxin Campos came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Jarpi 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 Matxin Campos couldn't finish the play. After 47 minutes of play, Fenix FC's Lucio Iigo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mariano Galo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Epifanio Orixe made the kick off in the second half. Dario Guillelme hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. 54 minutes into the match, Matxin Campos notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Fenix FC's Pedro Domiku. Pedro Domiku was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Matxin Campos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Matxin Campos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Fenix FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Dario Guillelme hit a great ball. Manuel Thomas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Domiku having to interfere. In the 73rd match minute, Fenix FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amador Francis to maneuver through the defense. Dario Guillelme's late challenge caught a Jarpi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dario Guillelme helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th minute, Dario Guillelme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jarpi's Matxin Campos got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Domiku stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aureliano Ixaka's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Mariano Galo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Epifanio Orixe in the 88th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Fenix FC defense, Andres Ibañez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Domiku. The Fenix FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Domiku should have stopped the shot. Matxin Campos struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Pedro Domiku didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Jarpi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Epifanio Orixe in the 96th minute of play forced Jarpi's goalkeeper Mariano Galo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.