League Play-Off

Estadio Esmeraldita
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to CD Esmeraldita getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Leo Agüero hit a great ball. Robin Reinoso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Venceslas Caldero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ugaitz Vadillos might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Venceslas Caldero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ugaitz Vadillos ran back to his position shaking his head. When Xelo Bierna fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CD Esmeraldita's protests and gave Xelo Bierna a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, CD Esmeraldita's Xelo Bierna got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 17 minutes CD Esmeraldita's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Samaniego Villapadierna who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Coquito FC's corner Samaniego Villapadierna fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Venceslas Caldero quite easily take care of the ball. In the 23rd minute Emilio Cañete shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xeromo Pacheco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venceslas Caldero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ugaitz Vadillos in the 26th minute of the match. Xeromo Pacheco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Cañete in the 28th minute of the match. Diego Mariña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Robin Reinoso might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Venceslas Caldero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Robin Reinoso ran back to his position shaking his head. Emilio Cañete sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 44 minutes, Diego Mariña managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CD Esmeraldita's supporters crossed their fingers, but Diego Mariña was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 45 minutes, Xeromo Pacheco successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Diego Mariña's late challenge caught a Coquito FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diego Mariña helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, CD Esmeraldita's Diego Mariña got a free kick in the 51st minute. Robin Reinoso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robin Reinoso in the 62nd minute of play forced CD Esmeraldita's goalkeeper Venceslas Caldero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diego Mariña received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Xeromo Pacheco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Coquito FC's Xeromo Pacheco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Cañete in the 66th minute of play. A hard shot 67 in the game by Ugaitz Vadillos from a close distance when the talented Venceslas Caldero managed to make a qualified save. CD Esmeraldita's players were relieved. If Diego Mariña had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 71 played minutes Coquito FC got a freekick which was hit by Agustin Espantoso. In the 73rd minute, Jorge Guion hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Emilio Cañete 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. In the 76th match minute, Coquito FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustin Espantoso to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Coquito FC's zone, Emilio Cañete stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xeromo Pacheco came out of the goal and Emilio Cañete tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Emilio Cañete fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xeromo Pacheco having to interfere. Robin Reinoso received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Venceslas Caldero came out and tried to block the shot, but Robin Reinoso slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 88th minute.