League Play-Off

Isle Of Dogs Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ulises Duarte started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 2 minutes into the game, Ismael Hernández was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pontefract City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Isle Of Dogs AFC the free kick. A collision led to Pontefract City getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Ismael Hernández hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the match, Ulises Duarte dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Raúl Orobio, 1-0. Gilberto Mayen charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gilberto Mayen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Gilberto Mayen hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Isle Of Dogs AFC's Zelvin Barquero spiked a well placed long shot which went just inside the left pole, with no chance at all for Raúl Orobio. Resulting in a 2-0 score after 17 minutes. Gilberto Mayen kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Isle Of Dogs AFC's zone, Agustin Fornos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabio Palencia came out of the goal and Agustin Fornos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Isaac Ramirez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luis Molina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raúl Orobio having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, Isle Of Dogs AFC's Luis Molina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Raúl Orobio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Isle Of Dogs AFC getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Zelvin Barquero hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Isle Of Dogs AFC's Ismael Jimenez got a free kick in the 39th minute. Fabio Palencia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaac Ramirez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Agustin Fornos made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulises Duarte in the 54th minute of play forced Pontefract City's goalkeeper Raúl Orobio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Isle Of Dogs AFC's zone, Edgardo Medrano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabio Palencia came out of the goal and Edgardo Medrano 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 Agustin Fornos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fabio Palencia. That made the score 2-1 in the 62 minute of play. Isle Of Dogs AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 67th minute, when Gilberto Mayen scored to the left of an out of position Fabio Palencia, making the score, 2-2. Ulises Duarte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Raúl Orobio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ismael Hernández was shown his second yellow card after 79 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 80th match minute, Pontefract City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ismael Hernández to maneuver through the defense. Luis Molina recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 88 minutes, Isaac Ramirez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pontefract City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isaac Ramirez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 90 played minutes Pontefract City got a freekick which was hit by Raúl Ventura. In the 93rd match minute, Pontefract City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ismael Palencia to maneuver through the defense. Raúl Orobio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Molina, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.