League Play-Off

ESTADIO CARLOS MAGNO
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ixaka Posse took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 11th minute, Nicolas Recino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ixaka Posse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eriberto Perera having to interfere. 21 minutes into the game, Cordarell Acosta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Eriberto Perera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Roland Pintor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eriberto Perera came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Lagunetas's Ixaka Posse. But to his dismay, Ixaka Posse quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Cordarell Acosta struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Eriberto Perera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lagunetas. Eusko Cabalar charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eusko Cabalar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eriberto Perera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ixaka Posse in the 38th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Emmanuel Ingla fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Iratzeder Palmadas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Recino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mannie Gian recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Eusko Cabalar struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Iratzeder Palmadas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Club USTA. After the first half Lagunetas were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Nicolas Recino made the kick off in the second half. Fertus Huguet kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Iratzeder Palmadas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mannie Gian in the 53rd minute of play. Lagunetas's Iratzeder Palmadas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mannie Gian in the 56th minute of play. If Nicolas Recino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Iratzeder Palmadas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mannie Gian went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lagunetas's goalkeeper Iratzeder Palmadas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, Lagunetas's goal looked a bit too open when Orlin Guanes came free, but Iratzeder Palmadas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Marz Turiel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Nicolas Recino put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Iratzeder Palmadas. Mannie Gian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iratzeder Palmadas having to interfere. After 83 played minutes Lagunetas got a freekick which was hit by Ixaka Posse. With an all-out effort, Lagunetas's Eriberto Perera threw himself towards the right post 88 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ixaka Posse, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Nicolas Recino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iratzeder Palmadas having to interfere. In the 95th minute Ixaka Posse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eriberto Perera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.