League Play-Off

Estadio Tostado
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) In the 9th minute Lucio Leocadio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisco Matthew saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Florencio Frascuelo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Francisco Matthew was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 15th minute of the match Jonatan Xacintu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fausto Illart showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Tostado FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Octavio Ereinotz in the 25th minute. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Julio Baudelio advanced and headed the ball into goal, 3-0 in the 26th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 28 minutes, Francisco Matthew successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Lucio Leocadio charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lucio Leocadio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fenix Fc. made a substitution. Prospero Jaizki replaced Pedro Piarres. After 32 played minutes Tostado FC got a freekick which was hit by Lucio Leocadio. Lucio Leocadio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Francisco Matthew tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Leocadio in the 40th minute of play forced Fenix Fc.'s goalkeeper Francisco Matthew to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ciriaco Telmo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Francisco Matthew came out and tried to block the shot, but Ciriaco Telmo slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 41st minute. 5-0 became the score in the 45th minute when Florencio Frascuelo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tadeo Chumo to make the kick off. Francisco Matthew came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Tostado FC's Javier Gumaro. But to his dismay, Javier Gumaro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. If Alfonso Firman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ciriaco Telmo during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Francisco Matthew made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florencio Frascuelo in the 58th minute of play. Fausto Illart took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfonso Firman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Francisco Matthew showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucio Leocadio, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. After some careless play in the Tostado FC defense, Melchor Tonio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fausto Illart. The Tostado FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fausto Illart should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Lucio Leocadio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francisco Matthew was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Francisco Matthew made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Javier Gumaro in the 83rd minute of play. Francisco Matthew took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucio Leocadio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Francisco Matthew showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Gumaro in the 85th minute of the match. Tostado FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Octavio Ereinotz in the 87th minute. Tostado FC's Octavio Ereinotz was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Francisco Matthew in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Leocadio in the 88th minute of play forced Fenix Fc.'s goalkeeper Francisco Matthew to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francisco Matthew didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucio Leocadio went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. In the 96th match minute, Tostado FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Mancio to maneuver through the defense. After 97 played minutes, Fenix Fc.'s Jairo Astudillo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fausto Illart came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Fenix Fc. reached it. When the referee ended the match the Tostado FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.