League Play-Off

Patalo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes, Javier Cena mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Patalo FC and the CD Lorocachi players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Javier Cena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Cotera Reguilon came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the CD Lorocachi 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 Cotera Reguilon couldn't finish the play. Jairón Santavida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Ugutz Arzola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. John Natal charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed John Natal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Patalo FC booed when CD Lorocachi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. John Natal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Francisco Nueva in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Videl Maruca, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Videl Maruca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Cuadro in the 20th minute of the match. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Patalo FC's goalkeeper Ugutz Arzola, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. CD Lorocachi's Videl Maruca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Cuadro in the 33rd minute of play. After 34 minutes, Alberto Descarrega mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CD Lorocachi and the Patalo FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alberto Descarrega hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 36th minute of the match Ibarra Dean sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Videl Maruca skillfully saved the ball. Cotera Reguilon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ugutz Arzola having to interfere. Jairón Santavida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Ugutz Arzola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Damian Cuadro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Patalo FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Damian Cuadro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Videl Maruca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cotera Reguilon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Jairón Santavida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ugutz Arzola was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 55th minute, Damian Cuadro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Patalo FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Jairón Santavida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ugutz Arzola having to interfere. The supporters of Patalo FC booed when CD Lorocachi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ubaldo Tello didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Patalo FC's Xines Cascallana got a free kick in the 63rd minute. If Jairón Santavida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 68 minutes, Damian Cuadro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Patalo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damian Cuadro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Videl Maruca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Cuadro in the 68th minute of play. When %teams%'s Cotera Reguilon was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 1-1 just inside the left pole, 72 minutes into the game. Ugutz Arzola was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. In the 77th minute, Damian Cuadro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Videl Maruca was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Damian Cuadro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Videl Maruca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 84 minutes into the game, Damian Cuadro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Videl Maruca was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cotera Reguilon might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ugutz Arzola. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cotera Reguilon ran back to his position shaking his head. Xines Cascallana's late challenge caught a CD Lorocachi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xines Cascallana helped the player get up and apologised. In the 91st match minute, Patalo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xines Cascallana to maneuver through the defense. Cotera Reguilon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ugutz Arzola having to interfere. The Patalo FC players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.