League Play-Off

Lechuga
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Viviano Palazuelo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Salas Santiuste took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Albo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Diego Negroni received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arturo Zotillo came out and tried to block the shot, but Diego Negroni slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. UD Lechuga's Salas Santiuste played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Albo in the 9th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Viviano Palazuelo notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of UD Lechuga's Salas Santiuste. Salas Santiuste was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th match minute, Sulupali FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viviano Palazuelo to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Sulupali FC defense, Stefan Tindale kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arturo Zotillo. The Sulupali FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arturo Zotillo should have stopped the shot. UD Lechuga's Salas Santiuste played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viviano Palazuelo in the 24th minute of play. Arturo Zotillo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stefan Tindale went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Espínola Mencia hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. 33 minutes into the match, UD Lechuga's Leonel Armea broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Roberto Cortada charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roberto Cortada the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Roberto Cortada hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Salas Santiuste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Weather Cardillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Negroni in the 41st minute of play forced Sulupali FC's goalkeeper Arturo Zotillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Salas Santiuste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viviano Palazuelo, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mendoza Engraba to make the kick off. Nicolas Albo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Salas Santiuste made a huge save. Salas Santiuste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto Cortada, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Stefan Tindale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arturo Zotillo having to interfere. Salas Santiuste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viviano Palazuelo, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 68th minute, Diego Negroni made a precise shot to the right of Arturo Zotillo. Sulupali FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Salas Santiuste made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viviano Palazuelo in the 71st minute of play. 73 minutes into the match, UD Lechuga's goal looked a bit too open when Viviano Palazuelo came free, but Salas Santiuste reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salas Santiuste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viviano Palazuelo, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viviano Palazuelo in the 85th minute of play forced UD Lechuga's goalkeeper Salas Santiuste to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Sulupali FC's Viviano Palazuelo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Salas Santiuste. That made the score 4-2 after 87 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Sulupali FC defense, Mendoza Engraba kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arturo Zotillo. The Sulupali FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arturo Zotillo should have stopped the shot. UD Lechuga were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Sulupali FC for a fine match.