League Play-Off

Verdun
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Armando Cines kicked off to start the match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Xuban Moriz took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Libertad Maya to make any attempt to save it. Karlos Agrianos short, quick shot in the 9thth minute got Libertad Maya to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Fresco Poso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Resto Arizcun, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Libertad Maya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xuban Moriz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Resto Arizcun might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fresco Poso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Resto Arizcun ran back to his position shaking his head. Armando Cines fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fresco Poso having to interfere. A collision led to Verdun AFC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Amado Sobaler hit a great ball. In the 26th minute, Amado Sobaler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Resto Arizcun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute, Lawrence Artigue hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Resto Arizcun in the 35th minute of play forced Verdun AFC's goalkeeper Fresco Poso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Armando Cines had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Resto Arizcun blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fresco Poso having to make a save. In the 40th minute Armando Cines shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fresco Poso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Libertad Maya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amado Sobaler in the 56th minute of the match. After 59 minutes of play, Piedritas's Resto Arizcun made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fresco Poso was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Karlos Agriano in the 63rd minute of play forced Piedritas's goalkeeper Libertad Maya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fresco Poso made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Resto Arizcun sent off a good shot on target. Libertad Maya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xuban Moriz, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Verdun AFC's Fresco Poso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Verdun AFC from getting a goal against them. Resto Arizcun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Xuban Moriz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Libertad Maya having to interfere. A collision led to Piedritas getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Salvadore Arandoja hit a great ball. Karlos Agriano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Libertad Maya tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Salvadore Arandoja during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 78th minute, Salvadore Arandoja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Verdun AFC's Lisandro Trimiño tried to score from far away in the 78th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 81 played minutes Piedritas got a freekick which was hit by Lucian Zaitegui. After having played for 85 minutes, Karlos Agriano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Verdun AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karlos Agriano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 88th minute, Armando Cines 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. Resto Arizcun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Fresco Poso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Armando Cines came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Piedritas 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 Armando Cines couldn't finish the play.