League Play-Off

Estadio Cardal
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cardal's Evis Porquera 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. When Evis Porquera came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Cardal 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 Evis Porquera couldn't finish the play. An unexpected shot in the 8th minute by Eloy Aquejano got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 11th match minute, Cardal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesar Mojon to maneuver through the defense. When Cardal's Evis Porquera in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bengochea10's goalie prevented a goal. In the 14th minute Evis Porquera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benicio Villafaña saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evis Porquera's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benicio Villafaña read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. If Hartz Yaner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the game, Luke Irizarry was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bengochea10's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cardal the free kick. Eloy Aquejano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Benicio Villafaña made a huge save. Benicio Villafaña took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evis Porquera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Bengochea10's Benicio Villafaña got control of the ball when Eloy Aquejano tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Cardal's Eloy Aquejano slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benicio Villafaña. That made the score 1-0 after 34 minutes of play. A collision led to Cardal getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Eloy Aquejano hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hartz Yaner stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Eloy Aquejano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cardal's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eloy Aquejano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Cardal defense, Hartz Yaner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Reimundo Almarza. The Cardal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Reimundo Almarza should have stopped the shot. Eloy Aquejano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Benicio Villafaña tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eloy Aquejano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benicio Villafaña having to interfere. Gora Seral kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 81stth minute of the game Hartz Yaner who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cardal's Reimundo Almarza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hartz Yaner might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Reimundo Almarza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hartz Yaner ran back to his position shaking his head. After 88 played minutes Cardal got a freekick which was hit by Eloy Aquejano. In the 91st minute, Fliz Randoli 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. Bengochea10's Fliz Randoli got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evis Porquera in the 98th minute of play forced Bengochea10's goalkeeper Benicio Villafaña to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Bengochea10 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.