League Play-Off

Lucindo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Manny Cardeño started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Juajuillal FC's Clodoveo Morentin got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Juajuillal FC's Unai Neyda got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Micael Lisarra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Unai Neyda in the 9th minute of play. Pascoal Ibias's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Caitano Aranzana read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Salomon Feyto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Juajuillal FC's zone, Manny Cardeño stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Caitano Aranzana came out of the goal and Manny Cardeño tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 28th minute, Pascoal Ibias 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. Illan Mazas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Caitano Aranzana. Juajuillal FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Caitano Aranzana successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Gaitan Laje had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gaitan Laje fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Micael Lisarra having to interfere. Unai Neyda blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Micael Lisarra having to make a save. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Unai Neyda to make the kick off. After 54 played minutes Unai Neyda rounded Lucindo FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-1. After a rather tough play, Juajuillal FC's Clodoveo Morentin got a free kick in the 56th minute. It was beautiful to see Lucindo FC's Sansone Guisla in action when he in the 58th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! 60 minutes into the match, Pascoal Ibias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Caitano Aranzana. Juajuillal FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pascoal Ibias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zuzen Pi got free with Micael Lisarra in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pascoal Ibias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Caitano Aranzana having to interfere. 73 minutes into the match, Mincho Trifol notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Juajuillal FC's Caitano Aranzana. Caitano Aranzana was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Salomon Feyto's late challenge caught a Lucindo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Salomon Feyto helped the player get up and apologised. After recieving a nice pass, Lucindo FC's Sansone Guisla tried to score from far away in the 82nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Emilio Coya's late challenge caught a Lucindo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emilio Coya helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th match minute, Juajuillal FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Coya to maneuver through the defense. Caitano Aranzana came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Lucindo FC's Pascoal Ibias. But to his dismay, Pascoal Ibias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. In the 91st minute Pascoal Ibias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caitano Aranzana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gaitan Laje could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Micael Lisarra made a huge save. Unai Neyda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Micael Lisarra having to interfere. 95 minutes into the game, Albano Lando was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lucindo FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Juajuillal FC the free kick. Juajuillal FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.