League Play-Off

Arana
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hector Colon made the kick off which started today's match. When Eustaquio Pagomari came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Arana AFC 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 Eustaquio Pagomari couldn't finish the play. 14 minutes into the match, Pavón FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jonatan Bartuelo came free, but Santos Monte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eustaquio Pagomari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santos Monte having to interfere. Pavón FC's Hector Colon got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Jeronimo Erramu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lisandro Confesor was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Bartuelo in the 34th minute of play forced Pavón FC's goalkeeper Santos Monte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Eustaquio Pagomari left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arana AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Eustaquio Pagomari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Santos Monte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A hard shot 44 in the game by Eustaquio Pagomari from a close distance when the talented Santos Monte managed to make a qualified save. Pavón FC's players were relieved. After 46 minutes, Bonifacio Maiorga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pavón FC and the Arana AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th match minute, Pavón FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bonifacio Maiorga to maneuver through the defense. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

After 56 played minutes Arana AFC got a freekick which was hit by Osvaldo Guib. In the 59th minute Jonatan Bartuelo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Monte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute, Jonatan Bartuelo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arana AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Eustaquio Pagomari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Santos Monte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 67thth minute of the game Eustaquio Pagomari who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pavón FC's Santos Monte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Arana AFC's zone, Jeronimo Erramu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lisandro Confesor came out of the goal and Jeronimo Erramu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lisandro Confesor was a little too slow when Hector Colon got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 2-1. A collision led to Pavón FC getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Martin Clodio hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Hector Colon kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lisandro Confesor. That made the score 2-2 in the 77 minute of play. Lisandro Confesor made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Jeronimo Erramu sent off a good shot on target. If Hector Colon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lisandro Confesor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hector Colon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.