League Play-Off

Canobolas
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ignacio Manuel took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Shane Warne left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Canobolas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paul Dowling in the 6th minute of play forced Canobolas's goalkeeper Adolfo Mcvey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes Millfield's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ignacio Manuel who took care of the corner kick. In the 11th match minute, Millfield was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bo Raison to maneuver through the defense. Russ Macumber took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Irwin Thomas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Ignacio Manuel sped through Millfield's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Russ Macumber. In the 22nd minute, Ignacio Manuel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Russ Macumber was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Ignacio Manuel did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-0 to the left of a surprised Russ Macumber 25 minutes into the match. If Corey Wilde had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th minute Irwin Thomas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Russ Macumber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 35th play minutes Irwin Thomas shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Russ Macumber and just under the crossbar into goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 8-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Corey Wilde made a kick off. Russ Macumber showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Irwin Thomas, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 53 minutes into the match, Millfield's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Manuel came free, but Russ Macumber reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benjy Nelson scored 9-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Russ Macumber, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 58 minutes of play, Canobolas's Irwin Thomas made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Russ Macumber was left in no man's land by his defense there! 68 minutes into the match, Ignacio Manuel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Russ Macumber. Millfield's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ignacio Manuel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. Ignacio Manuel scored 12-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Russ Macumber, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Corey Wilde fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Millfield's protests and gave Corey Wilde a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Canobolas booed when Millfield was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Corey Wilde didn't get a good kick on the ball. Russ Macumber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Manuel in the 76th minute of play. After 80 minutes of play, Canobolas's Benjy Nelson made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Russ Macumber was left in no man's land by his defense there! 86 minutes into the match, Irwin Thomas notched a goal, 14-0, to the right of Millfield's Russ Macumber. Russ Macumber was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 93rd minute, Ignacio Manuel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Canobolas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 15-0. Canobolas walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.