League Play-Off

ESTADIO MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Xiao Astozas got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, Calacali's Chucho Molleda got control of the ball when Santiago Sanes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edison Esteve's late challenge caught a BRADFORD UNITED's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edison Esteve helped the player get up and apologised. Edison Esteve kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Ordóñez Frade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute, Santiago Sanes 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 Ordóñez Frade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. BRADFORD UNITED's Alonzo Zabaleta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by España Gasco in the 20th minute of play. Xzavaier Pareja sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alonzo Zabaleta came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Calacali's Xiao Astozas. But to his dismay, Xiao Astozas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. BRADFORD UNITED's Alonzo Zabaleta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xiao Astozas in the 31st minute of play. When Santiago Sanes came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the BRADFORD UNITED 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 Santiago Sanes couldn't finish the play. Alonzo Zabaleta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan-Angel Hervias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes into the match, Calacali's Xzavaier Pareja sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alonzo Zabaleta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to BRADFORD UNITED getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Ivan Medeiros hit a great ball. If Xzavaier Pareja had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 44 played minutes BRADFORD UNITED got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Medeiros. Alonzo Zabaleta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xiao Astozas in the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ordóñez Frade was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute, Santiago Sanes 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. With a little luck, BRADFORD UNITED's Alonzo Zabaleta got control of the ball when Ferrer Robezo tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Xzavaier Pareja managed to get in a good position for a shot. Calacali's supporters rose to their feet, but Xzavaier Pareja was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alonzo Zabaleta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice moves Xzavaier Pareja could shoot a difficult shot in the 62nd minute, which Alonzo Zabaleta however easily saved by the left post. If Xiao Astozas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 67 minutes of play, Calacali's Xzavaier Pareja made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alonzo Zabaleta was left in no man's land by his defense there! Xzavaier Pareja might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alonzo Zabaleta. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xzavaier Pareja ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet as Calacali's Xiao Astozas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alonzo Zabaleta. That made the score 0-3 after 77 minutes of play. Alonzo Zabaleta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xiao Astozas, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 85th minute Xiao Astozas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alonzo Zabaleta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xiao Astozas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alonzo Zabaleta having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, BRADFORD UNITED's goal looked a bit too open when Xiao Astozas came free, but Alonzo Zabaleta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alonzo Zabaleta was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Xiao Astozas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Xiao Astozas really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4.