League Play-Off

SD Stars
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luis-Jose Turrilla made the kick off which started today's match. Stars SD's Lee 李克强 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alain Ferrer in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Nikola Ponte notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Stars SD's Lee 李克强. Lee 李克强 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 9th minute, 范明崇 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Stars SD getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Josue Astudillo hit a great ball. A collision led to The Mike Team getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Alain Ferrer hit a great ball. Lee 李克强 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Toli in the 16th minute of the match. When Luis-Jose Turrilla came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Stars SD 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 Luis-Jose Turrilla couldn't finish the play. If Nikola Ponte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikola Ponte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Lee 李克强 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the game, Lino Toli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Lee 李克强 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lee 李克强 came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by The Mike Team's Nikola Ponte. But to his dismay, Nikola Ponte quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. In the 41st minute Nikola Ponte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lee 李克强 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikola Ponte in the 43rd minute of play forced Stars SD's goalkeeper Lee 李克强 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute Lino Toli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lee 李克强 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luis-Jose Turrilla might have been able to make a better finish in the 48th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Norberto Alfaro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luis-Jose Turrilla ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when Lino Toli made the kick off in the second half. Lee 李克强 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikola Ponte in the 52nd minute of play. In the 56th play minute Alain Ferrer came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Lee 李克强. 0-5. Ermegildo Arribas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Stars SD's Lee 李克强 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Stars SD from getting a goal against them. Luis-Jose Turrilla hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After 69 played minutes The Mike Team got a freekick which was hit by Nikola Ponte. In the 73rd minute, Lino Toli made a precise shot to the right of Lee 李克强. Stars SD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. After 75 played minutes Stars SD got a freekick which was hit by Luis-Jose Turrilla. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nikola Ponte in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lee 李克强 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Norberto Alfaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis-Jose Turrilla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ermegildo Arribas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Norberto Alfaro having to interfere. Norberto Alfaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ermegildo Arribas, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Josue Astudillo kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. The Stars SD supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching The Mike Team's performance. The match ended with a win for The Mike Team.