League Play-Off

Nibiru
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ryan Giggs took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Krabbé's Jimeno Maiorga seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jimeno Maiorga the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Krabbé protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jimeno Maiorga had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 4th minute of the game. One of Krabbé:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Dragón del Sur:s goal. Vinicio Palban had in the 6thth minute some difficulties stopping Lázaro Oihan's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. El Dragón del Sur were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Krabbé's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lázaro Oihan took the corner. After 9 minutes Krabbé's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lázaro Oihan who took care of the corner kick. The supporters of Krabbé booed when El Dragón del Sur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Candido Urre didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vinicio Palban showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leon Opilano in the 16th minute of the match. Candido Urre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vinicio Palban having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Krabbé's David Aliuta got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Candido Urre in the 27th minute of play forced Krabbé's goalkeeper Vinicio Palban to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Krabbé's Faustino Gelacio got a free kick in the 27th minute. El Dragón del Sur's Candido Urre shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 28th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Vinicio Palban but with some difficulty. Vinicio Palban showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryan Giggs, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Ryan Giggs notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Krabbé's Vinicio Palban. Vinicio Palban was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Krabbé's Vinicio Palban proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Krabbé from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 37 minutes, Vinicio Palban successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rico Limon to make the kick off. 59 minutes into the match, Ryan Giggs notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Krabbé's Vinicio Palban. Vinicio Palban was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 62nd play minutes Ryan Giggs shot 4-0, a short shot which went by Vinicio Palban and just under the crossbar into goal. 67 minutes into the match, Candido Urre had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vinicio Palban. Krabbé's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Candido Urre was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leon Opilano in the 73rd minute of play forced Krabbé's goalkeeper Vinicio Palban to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Aliuta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Aritz Casado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aritz Casado didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 75th minute, which inside left pole to 5-1. After some careless play in the Krabbé defense, Ryan Giggs kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vinicio Palban. The Krabbé fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vinicio Palban should have stopped the shot. Vinicio Palban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryan Giggs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the game, El Dragón del Sur's Ryan Giggs nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vinicio Palban made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-1. 91 minutes into the match, Leon Opilano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vinicio Palban. Krabbé's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leon Opilano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-1. El Dragón del Sur walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.