League Play-Off

Estadio Aluburo
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. Sebastian Corcoba started the match with the kick off. Boleslaw Burdzel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Stalin Mendaza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moca's Boleslaw Burdzel managed to work through UD Aluburo's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Boleslaw Burdzel dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Xavieon Onez hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viteri Proaño in the 10th minute of play forced UD Aluburo's goalkeeper Stalin Mendaza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Boleslaw Burdzel scored 0-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stalin Mendaza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vera Caniego made an important save on a dangerous shot by Martin Cubas in the 25th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Moca's goal looked a bit too open when Xavieon Onez came free, but Vera Caniego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Xaime Idiaquez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UD Aluburo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. After 38 minutes of play, Moca's Victorio Piedra made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stalin Mendaza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Erwin Ochandio's late challenge caught a Moca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erwin Ochandio helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to UD Aluburo getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Erwin Ochandio hit a great ball. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Boleslaw Burdzel was the one to do the kick off. Xaime Idiaquez blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vera Caniego having to make a save. In the 56th minute, Boleslaw Burdzel 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. If Victorio Piedra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vera Caniego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xavieon Onez in the 59th minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Martin Cubas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute of the match Victorio Piedra sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Stalin Mendaza skillfully saved the ball. In the 71stth minute of the game Boleslaw Burdzel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but UD Aluburo's Stalin Mendaza was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Boleslaw Burdzel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Stalin Mendaza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, UD Aluburo's Martin Cubas got a free kick in the 79th minute. When Boleslaw Burdzel came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Moca 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 Boleslaw Burdzel couldn't finish the play. 84 minutes into the match, Sebastian Corcoba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vera Caniego. Moca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sebastian Corcoba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 89 minutes into the match, Boleslaw Burdzel dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Stalin Mendaza, 3-3. After 93 played minutes Moca got a freekick which was hit by Ugutz Albo. Moca were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.