League Play-Off

Nottingham Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Shawn Braun made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Fakenham City's Guillermo Duarte got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nottingham's goalkeeper Max Hidalgo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Patricio Lara kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. When David Barraza came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Fakenham City 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 David Barraza couldn't finish the play. In the 11th minute, Shawn Braun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fakenham City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Max Hidalgo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of David Barraza's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. In the 18th match minute, Fakenham City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolás Muñoz to maneuver through the defense. In the 19th minute of the match Jonathan Alferez sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ramon Bautista skillfully saved the ball. In the 20th minute, David Barraza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Max Hidalgo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Ramon Bautista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Coria in the 25th minute of play. Fakenham City's Ramon Bautista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Coria in the 26th minute of play. Efrain Osorio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Patricio Lara could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Ramon Bautista made a huge save. When Shawn Braun came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Fakenham City 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 Shawn Braun couldn't finish the play. In the 44th minute David Barraza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Max Hidalgo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th match minute, Nottingham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Lara to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Nicolás Muñoz kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Fakenham City's zone, Manuel Coria stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ramon Bautista came out of the goal and Manuel Coria tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nottingham's Max Hidalgo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Nottingham from getting a goal against them. Manuel Coria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramon Bautista having to interfere. Manuel Coria recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mauricio Ventura during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Shawn Braun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Patricio Lara fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nottingham's protests and gave Patricio Lara a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Nottingham's Patricio Lara got a free kick in the 88th minute. David Barraza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Max Hidalgo made a huge save. Manuel Coria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fakenham City's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.