League Play-Off

Palmitas
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Osvaldo Juanes made the kick off and thus started the match. Osvaldo Juanes took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Llin Secadura. Llin Secadura dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. After a rather tough play, Palmitas FC's Venceslas Bretal got a free kick in the 5th minute. Osvaldo Juanes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roldan Heso's late challenge caught a Palmitas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roldan Heso helped the player get up and apologised. Osvaldo Juanes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Osvaldo Juanes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Llin Secadura having to make a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Delmar Benero during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manuel Soporta got free with Llin Secadura in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 25 minutes into the game, Martxelin Lavandera was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Palmitas FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Caraguata AFC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Palmitas FC's Martxelin Lavandera got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute, one of Palmitas FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Palmitas FC. 35 minutes into the match, Caraguata AFC's Sustrai Eguiara sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ariando Camerin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Manuel Soporta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Osvaldo Juanes did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Llin Secadura 40 minutes into the match. 44 minutes into the match, Palmitas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sustrai Eguiara came free, but Ariando Camerin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nuno Barajo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Ariando Camerin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sustrai Eguiara stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ariando Camerin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sustrai Eguiara, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. If Sustrai Eguiara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Llin Secadura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Soporta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Caraguata AFC's Sustrai Eguiara slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ariando Camerin. That made the score 2-2 after 73 minutes of play. The audience was convinced that Osvaldo Juanes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Llin Secadura was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. 79 minutes into the match, Manuel Soporta notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Caraguata AFC's Llin Secadura. Llin Secadura was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Caraguata AFC booed when Palmitas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicasio Tinoco didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute, Sustrai Eguiara reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ariando Camerin. The goal made the score 3-3. 93 minutes into the match, Palmitas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sustrai Eguiara came free, but Ariando Camerin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Caraguata AFC's Nuno Barajo got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Llin Secadura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Soporta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.