League Play-Off

Juan Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Mustafa Ali Tanyel started the match with the kick off. Quitilipi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Christian Rio in the 7th minute. In the 14th minute Geronimo Maria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saul Suarez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Christian Rio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristo Bingen was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. With a little luck, Quitilipi's Saul Suarez got control of the ball when Mustafa Ali Tanyel tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Christian Rio 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. In the 27th minute, Federico Delfino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th match minute, ROSGOL FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Don Corleone to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, Quitilipi's Christian Rio broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After 32 played minutes ROSGOL FC got a freekick which was hit by Trifon Naskos. Federico Delfino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Laurentzi in the 36th minute of play forced ROSGOL FC's goalkeeper Cristo Bingen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ROSGOL FC's Cristo Bingen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Rio in the 39th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Christian Rio was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Marcelo Laurentzi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Quitilipi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. ROSGOL FC's Leandro Errapel was substituted for Federico Delfino. Christian Rio who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 66thth minute tested the skills of Cristo Bingen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geronimo Maria in the 68th minute of play forced Quitilipi's goalkeeper Saul Suarez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristo Bingen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcelo Laurentzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristo Bingen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Laurentzi in the 72nd minute of the match. Saul Suarez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Ali Tanyel, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Leandro Errapel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Saul Suarez having to make a save. A collision led to ROSGOL FC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Iwan Penc hit a great ball. With his leg Cristo Bingen managed to avoid a goal in the 80thth minute, when Quitilipi's Christian Rio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Saul Suarez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leandro Errapel went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcelo Laurentzi in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristo Bingen saved ROSGOL FC from getting behind. 92 minutes into the match, Geronimo Maria had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Saul Suarez. Quitilipi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Geronimo Maria was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. Mustafa Ali Tanyel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saul Suarez having to interfere. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.