League Play-Off

Estadio Cardal
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cardal AFC's Urko Muños 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. After having played for 3 minutes, Xavier Enderica managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Marincho FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xavier Enderica was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Marincho FC booed when Cardal AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ponciano Romero didn't get a good kick on the ball. Archibaldo Becerro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Unax Bulnes having to interfere. Leon Alberdi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 19 minutes into the match, Archibaldo Becerro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Unax Bulnes. Cardal AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Archibaldo Becerro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Urko Muños received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Antonio Giner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Urko Muños 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. Urko Muños sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Unax Bulnes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Archibaldo Becerro, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Archibaldo Becerro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Archibaldo Becerro to make the kick off. When Leon Alberdi came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Marincho FC 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 Leon Alberdi couldn't finish the play. If Xavieon Castellano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Leon Alberdis short, quick shot in the 62ndth minute got Unax Bulnes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ponciano Romero's late challenge caught a Marincho FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ponciano Romero helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Cardal AFC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 63rd minute. Penalty! The referee gave Marincho FC a penalty, 66 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Salvino Panadero, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Cardal AFC's Unax Bulnes. 0-2. Bermund Berrueta kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Urko Muños in the 78th minute of play forced Marincho FC's goalkeeper Antonio Giner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xavier Enderica charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavier Enderica the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Xavier Enderica hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute, Marincho FC's Leon Alberdi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Unax Bulnes. Unax Bulnes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Unax Bulnes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Archibaldo Becerro in the 94th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Marincho FC's zone, Xavieon Castellano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antonio Giner came out of the goal and Xavieon Castellano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marincho FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.