League Play-Off

Jahuel
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mikel Malbrán sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ofelio Parraguez scored 1-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alirio Facuse, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Mikel Malbrán's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lino Baesler was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. After 17 minutes, Gabino Román mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arinia AFC and the barcelona players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gabino Román hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Alirio Facuse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nestor Moñiz in the 24th minute of the match. After 25 minutes barcelona's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cornelio Galván who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Cornelio Galván got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alirio Facuse quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alirio Facuse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Germán Céspedes, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. barcelona's supporters stood up full of expectation in the 31st minute of the game, when Hernán Montiel after an extraordinary solo performance found himself with a golden opportunity in front of Arinia AFC's goal. Hernán Montiel was unfortunally a little to anxious and the ball went outside the goal. Lino Baesler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jordi Peronard in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jordi Peronard in the 40th minute of play forced Arinia AFC's goalkeeper Lino Baesler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 minutes of play, barcelona's Renato Copeland made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lino Baesler was left in no man's land by his defense there! 48 minutes into the match, Mikel Malbrán notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Arinia AFC's Lino Baesler. Lino Baesler was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mikel Malbrán was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute José Javier Oliva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Baesler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the game, Ofelio Parraguez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Arinia AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave barcelona the free kick. In the 64th match minute, Arinia AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ofelio Parraguez to maneuver through the defense. When barcelona's Mikel Malbrán in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Arinia AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Alirio Facuse made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Jaume Rogers sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, barcelona's Alirio Facuse got control of the ball when Jaume Rogers tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Hernán Montiel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gabino Román lost his temper 78 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 78 minutes into the game, one of Arinia AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 81st minute there was a penalty for barcelona. Hernán Montiel stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Lino Baesler. 4-1. Lino Baesler stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jordi Peronard's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mikel Malbrán in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lino Baesler saved Arinia AFC from getting behind. 94 minutes into the match, barcelona's goalkeeper Alirio Facuse had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jaume Rogers. Lino Baesler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikel Malbrán in the 96th minute of the match. 98 minutes into the game, Mikel Malbrán cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Lino Baesler was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. barcelona had played much better football throughout.