League Play-Off

Bradford AFC Par
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) If Melchor Licuanan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alva Palisoc charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alva Palisoc the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th match minute, Bradford AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alva Palisoc to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute Rufus Quiocson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danial Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carlomagno Sarigumba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Licuanan in the 17th minute of play forced Broughton Astley AFC's goalkeeper Leroy Vinzon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Robert Liclican received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Danial Ning tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Melchor Licuanan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leroy Vinzon having to interfere. When Bradford AFC's Melchor Licuanan in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Broughton Astley AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Jake Valenzuela's late challenge caught a Bradford AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jake Valenzuela helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Broughton Astley AFC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Jake Valenzuela hit a great ball. If Melchor Licuanan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Liclican in the 27th minute of play forced Bradford AFC's goalkeeper Danial Ning to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Bradford AFC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Jerry Taboyayong hit a great ball. Leroy Vinzon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Melchor Licuanan's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. If Rufus Quiocson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Robert Liclican hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Carlomagno Sarigumba who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 46thth minute tested the skills of Leroy Vinzon when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Melchor Licuanan to make the kick off. In the 57th minute, Melchor Licuanan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Rufus Quiocson came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Broughton Astley AFC 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 Rufus Quiocson couldn't finish the play. If Alva Palisoc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carlomagno Sarigumba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Leroy Vinzon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rufus Quiocson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Danial Ning made a huge save. Carlomagno Sarigumba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leroy Vinzon having to interfere. Rufus Quiocson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danial Ning having to interfere. Melchor Licuanan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd match minute, Broughton Astley AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Liclican to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carlomagno Sarigumba in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leroy Vinzon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bradford AFC's Carlomagno Sarigumba got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Leroy Vinzon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Melchor Licuanan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bradford AFC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Broughton Astley AFC for a fine match.