League Play-Off

Guimaral
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. Froilan Begal started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes of play, Arubapi FC's Donio Rozas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Locaio Buison was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Guimaral's zone, Zosimo Olazagoitia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Locaio Buison came out of the goal and Zosimo Olazagoitia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 18 minutes into the match, Arubapi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Froilan Begal came free, but Vidal Lallera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Arubapi FC's zone, Izel Cerecedo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vidal Lallera came out of the goal and Izel Cerecedo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vidal Lallera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Froilan Begal in the 21st minute of the match. 27 minutes into the game, Donio Rozas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Locaio Buison was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vidal Lallera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Froilan Begal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd match minute, Guimaral was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sedeni Obispo to maneuver through the defense. Zosimo Olazagoitia 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. Izel Cerecedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Vidal Lallera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Guimaral players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Arubapi FC were winning 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Donio Rozas was the one to do the kick off. Guimaral's Locaio Buison proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Guimaral from getting a goal against them. Zosimo Olazagoitia who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Locaio Buison when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Froilan Begal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Vidal Lallera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute, Zosimo Olazagoitia 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. Izel Cerecedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Arubapi FC getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Bizi Romai hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Froilan Begal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vidal Lallera was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Bizi Romai charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bizi Romai the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 69th match minute, Arubapi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bizi Romai to maneuver through the defense. Arubapi FC's Vidal Lallera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Froilan Begal in the 70th minute of play. Donio Rozas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Locaio Buison having to make a save. After some careless play in the Arubapi FC defense, Froilan Begal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vidal Lallera. The Arubapi FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vidal Lallera should have stopped the shot. In the 80th match minute, Guimaral was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sedeni Obispo to maneuver through the defense. Bizi Romai hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After 85 minutes Arubapi FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Xose Basel who took care of the corner kick. Donio Rozas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Locaio Buison tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 91st match minute, Guimaral was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sedeni Obispo to maneuver through the defense. Zosimo Olazagoitia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Arubapi FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Guimaral from taking control. The game ends in a draw.