League Play-Off

Rene Loco Houseman
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Burruyaco's Roque Gartzea started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 3 minutes, Ismael Mundo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Burruyaco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ismael Mundo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Erol Batıhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stasio Tokarczyk in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Tetes Titans's Stasio Tokarczyk got a free kick in the 6th minute. Stasio Tokarczyk's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 12thth minute, Erol Batıhan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 14th minute, Samuel Giger 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. Jacinto Navarro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismael Mundo in the 17th minute of play. Erol Batıhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stasio Tokarczyk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Burruyaco's Roque Gartzea in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tetes Titans's goalie prevented a goal. Jacinto Navarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Árpád Sámuel, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After some careless play in the Burruyaco defense, Stasio Tokarczyk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Erol Batıhan. The Burruyaco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Erol Batıhan should have stopped the shot. After 35 minutes, Victor Senna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tetes Titans and the Burruyaco players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 36th minute, Ismael Mundo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacinto Navarro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 41st match minute, Tetes Titans was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Senna to maneuver through the defense. Árpád Sámuel hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Erol Batıhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stasio Tokarczyk in the 45th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 46 minutes into the game, when Victor Senna put in a rough tackle. Norberto Eli took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 48th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jacinto Navarro. Tetes Titans's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stasio Tokarczyk was the one to do the kick off. After 54 minutes of play, Tetes Titans's Stasio Tokarczyk made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erol Batıhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Victor Rito's late challenge caught a Burruyaco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Victor Rito helped the player get up and apologised. After 56 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tetes Titans! After 60 played minutes Tetes Titans got a freekick which was hit by Stefaan Ruelens. A collision led to Tetes Titans getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Victor Rito hit a great ball. With a little luck, Tetes Titans's Jacinto Navarro got control of the ball when Roque Gartzea tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Tetes Titans getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Stefaan Ruelens hit a great ball. Erol Batıhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stasio Tokarczyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After 78 minutes of play, Tetes Titans's Stasio Tokarczyk made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erol Batıhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stasio Tokarczyk in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Erol Batıhan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stasio Tokarczyk in the 84th minute of play forced Burruyaco's goalkeeper Erol Batıhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elpidio Guipuzkoa got free with Jacinto Navarro in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Stasio Tokarczyk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Ismael Mundo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jacinto Navarro. That made the score 4-3 in the 93 minute of play. In the 97thth minute of the game Stasio Tokarczyk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Burruyaco's Erol Batıhan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.