League Play-Off

Red Mountain Footbal
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. Pete MacDonald started the match with the kick off. Robbie Aquino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Murray Hoffman, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Murray Hoffman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tom Kyle kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute of the match Milo Goode shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Robbie Aquino showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 18thth minute of the game Murray Hoffman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RED Mountain Resort's Robbie Aquino was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Pete MacDonald came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the RED Mountain Resort fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Pete MacDonald couldn't finish the play. Sterling Womack scored 1-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robbie Aquino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Argentine FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Pete MacDonald 34 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-1. In the 39th minute Sterling Womack shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robbie Aquino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robbie Aquino stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sterling Womack's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute there was a penalty for Argentine FC. Milo Goode stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Robbie Aquino. 2-2. Robbie Aquino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Murray Hoffman, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Argentine FC's Sterling Womack got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Murray Hoffman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 66 played minutes Argentine FC got a freekick which was hit by Dave Tinsley. 67 minutes into the match, RED Mountain Resort's Benny McRae sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chase Rios narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 68 minutes into the game, Pierre Logan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. RED Mountain Resort's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Argentine FC the free kick. Dave Tinsley missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 70 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Robbie Aquino right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in RED Mountain Resort's zone, Murray Hoffman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Robbie Aquino came out of the goal and Murray Hoffman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Murray Hoffman kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Robbie Aquino. That made the score 2-3 in the 76 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sterling Womack's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robbie Aquino was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Robbie Aquino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Murray Hoffman went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. Sterling Womack succeeded in the game's 84th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-5. 87 minutes in the game, Murray Hoffman fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Robbie Aquino having to interfere. Murray Hoffman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alejandro Melvin's late challenge caught a Argentine FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alejandro Melvin helped the player get up and apologised. 93 minutes into the game, Murray Hoffman lined in a short shot 2-6 behind a frustrated Robbie Aquino.