League Play-Off

Paluguillo
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. Maximo Casavela started the match with the kick off. Maximo Casavela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enrique Capitan having to interfere. Rubén Granela received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Urtsua Urbilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, CD Paluguillo's Xulio Leicea got a free kick in the 16th minute. Enrique Capitan came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by UD Taura's Maximo Casavela. But to his dismay, Maximo Casavela quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Enrique Capitan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zuri Pertierra in the 25th minute of play. Jerson Oliveros's late challenge caught a UD Taura's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jerson Oliveros helped the player get up and apologised. Jerson Oliveros kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Maximo Casavela managed to get in a good position for a shot. UD Taura's supporters rose to their feet, but Maximo Casavela was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Enrique Capitan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Enrique Capitan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximo Casavela in the 35th minute of play. After 37 minutes, Marco Riazos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CD Paluguillo and the UD Taura players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to CD Paluguillo getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Marco Riazos hit a great ball. Enrique Capitan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zuri Pertierra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Riazos in the 42nd minute of play forced UD Taura's goalkeeper Urtsua Urbilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marco Riazos to make the kick off. Enrique Capitan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximo Casavela in the 54th minute of the match. The supporters of CD Paluguillo booed when UD Taura was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cumbicus Soraiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. CD Paluguillo's attack was well implemented in the 57th minute, but when Rubén Granela was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. When Zuri Pertierra came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the UD Taura fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zuri Pertierra couldn't finish the play. Marco Riazos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urtsua Urbilla having to interfere. In the 64th minute, CD Paluguillo's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Maximo Casavela fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The audience was convinced that Marco Riazos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Urtsua Urbilla was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, UD Taura's Fabricio Bodes got a free kick in the 71st minute. If Rubén Granela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Riazos in the 75th minute of play forced UD Taura's goalkeeper Urtsua Urbilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in UD Taura's zone, Rubén Granela stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Urtsua Urbilla came out of the goal and Rubén Granela tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marco Riazos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Urtsua Urbilla read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. Fabricio Bodes's late challenge caught a CD Paluguillo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabricio Bodes helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to UD Taura getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Fabricio Bodes hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, CD Paluguillo's Gustavo Pelaez tried to score from far away in the 85th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 87th minute, Cumbicus Soraiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jerson Oliveros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.