League Play-Off

Intiguasi
Spectators: 25 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 0, VIP seats: 0) Saxlum's Moises Txaran started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Victor Mergildo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Pinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Saxlum booed when Seek And Destroy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeronimo Quilino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Victor Mergildo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Txaran in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute Moises Txaran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Mergildo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luis Inocente got free with Mariano Lixandro in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Saxlum booed when Seek And Destroy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeronimo Quilino didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Seek And Destroy's Jeronimo Quilino got a free kick in the 19th minute. 23 minutes into the match, Seek And Destroy's goal looked a bit too open when Moises Txaran came free, but Victor Mergildo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victor Mergildo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Austin in the 24th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Luis Inocente's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mariano Lixandro was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. A collision led to Saxlum getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Eduardo Ofelio hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Txaran in the 30th minute of play forced Seek And Destroy's goalkeeper Victor Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Austin in the 35th minute of play forced Seek And Destroy's goalkeeper Victor Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute Fabian Austin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Mergildo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Seek And Destroy's Jeronimo Quilino got a free kick in the 37th minute. If Cipriano Resto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luis Inocente received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mariano Lixandro came out and tried to block the shot, but Luis Inocente slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 42nd minute. After 46 played minutes Saxlum got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Lore. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Tobias Elija made the kick off in the second half. Victor Mergildo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Txaran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Moises Txaran received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Victor Mergildo came out and tried to block the shot, but Moises Txaran slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Txaran in the 65th minute of play forced Seek And Destroy's goalkeeper Victor Mergildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Luis Inocente made a precise shot to the right of Mariano Lixandro. Saxlum's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Tobias Elija kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 83rd minute Tobias Elija shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mariano Lixandro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 85th minute of the game. One of Saxlum:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Seek And Destroy:s goal. Saxlum:s Mariano Lixandro showed great skill when he stopped Remigio Gregory:s penalty. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by Saxlum's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Remigio Gregory was slow to take the kick. During this time Seek And Destroy's players had a chance to rest. Seek And Destroy's Luis Inocente was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Mariano Lixandro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Saxlum's Mariano Lixandro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Inocente in the 92nd minute of play. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Seek And Destroy were victorious despite being under pressure from Saxlum for much of the match.