League Play-Off

Alex Saab Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jonatan Lambarri kicked off to start the match. Ikatz Ochoa charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ikatz Ochoa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Acarigua City booed when Boniquea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ikatz Ochoa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ikatz Ochoa struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Harkaitz Moraza didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Boniquea. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ikatz Ochoa in the 12th minute of play forced Acarigua City's goalkeeper Harkaitz Moraza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Harkaitz Moraza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ikatz Ochoa, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute, Juango Rebollar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Boniquea fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Harkaitz Moraza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ikatz Ochoa in the 24th minute of the match. A collision led to Acarigua City getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Vachon Gama hit a great ball. After 29 minutes, Vachon Gama mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Acarigua City and the Boniquea players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 29th minute of the game. One of Acarigua City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Boniquea:s goal. 38 minutes into the game, Boniquea's Jonatan Lambarri nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Harkaitz Moraza made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. If Ikatz Ochoa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 43rd minute, Jonatan Lambarri left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Boniquea fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Virila Sanjuan made a kick off. Harkaitz Moraza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonatan Lambarri, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Harkaitz Moraza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Mascire, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Boniquea's Ikatz Ochoa got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Boniquea fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when Boniquea's Ikatz Ochoa looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Ikatz Ochoa spun around in front of the goal 78 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Acarigua City's goal. Ikatz Ochoa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Harkaitz Moraza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 83rdth minute of the game Jonatan Lambarri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Acarigua City's Harkaitz Moraza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Boniquea getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Ikatz Ochoa hit a great ball. After 87 minutes of play, Boniquea's Ikatz Ochoa made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Harkaitz Moraza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ikatz Ochoa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Harkaitz Moraza read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play.