League Play-Off

ROSETAS DE LEOPARDO
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Santo Eguia got the match started through his kick off. In the 5thth minute of the game Rios Lima who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CA Boca Juniors's Simon Maestre was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 6 minutes into the match, CA Boca Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim Cadena came free, but Simon Maestre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th minute Joaquim Cadena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Maestre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Simon Maestre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rios Lima in the 9th minute of the match. Simon Maestre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rios Lima, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Simon Maestre showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rios Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Joaquim Cadena managed to get in a good position for a shot. Parure's supporters rose to their feet, but Joaquim Cadena was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Simon Maestre breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Simon Maestre showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rios Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. The audience was convinced that Joaquim Cadena's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Simon Maestre was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Rios Lima might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Simon Maestre. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rios Lima ran back to his position shaking his head. Ariando Sobrevilla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute Rios Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Maestre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rios Lima's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Simon Maestre read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th minute, Joaquim Cadena ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Simon Maestre was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Tano Posadillo's late challenge caught a Parure's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tano Posadillo helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, CA Boca Juniors's Tano Posadillo got a free kick in the 40th minute. In the 41st minute of the match Eusebio Cothal sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Simon Maestre skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santo Eguia in the 47th minute of play forced Parure's goalkeeper Xarles Zaldain to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Parure were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Rios Lima in the 53rd minute of play forced CA Boca Juniors's goalkeeper Simon Maestre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joaquim Cadena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Parure's Rios Lima got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Xarles Zaldain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santo Eguia in the 68th minute of the match. Parure's Xarles Zaldain played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ariando Sobrevilla in the 72nd minute of play. If Rios Lima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joaquim Cadena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Maestre having to interfere. Simon Maestre made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Joaquim Cadena sent off a good shot on target. In the 80th minute, Tano Posadillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joaquim Cadena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Maestre having to interfere. Simon Maestre stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rios Lima's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. Rios Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rios Limas short, quick shot in the 94thth minute got Simon Maestre to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Parure played a much better game than CA Boca Juniors and deserved their victory. The CA Boca Juniors players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.