League Play-Off

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Rossangeles's Rodri Palacios started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Cimone's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Evaristo Borrego in the 3rd minute. After taking down the ball on Cimone's corner Piotr Misiewicz fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jiang Bing Ning quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, Rossangeles's Attilio Bice got a free kick in the 5th minute. Clint Barton recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 8th minute of the match Gu Zhou Xiao shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Carmine Di Rocco showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Sílvio Luís Secco kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the match, Rossangeles's goal looked a bit too open when Clint Barton came free, but Jiang Bing Ning reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute Damian Valdevielso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Bing Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Cimone's zone, Rodri Palacios stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carmine Di Rocco came out of the goal and Rodri Palacios tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Rodri Palacios came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Rossangeles 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 Rodri Palacios couldn't finish the play. Cimone's Clint Barton got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jiang Bing Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ennio Gervasi in the 27th minute of play. Carmine Di Rocco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gu Zhou Xiao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Cimone booed when Rossangeles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sílvio Luís Secco didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 35 played minutes, Cimone's Evaristo Borrego shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jiang Bing Ning came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cimone reached it. After 35 played minutes Evaristo Borrego shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning to catch but Evaristo Borrego was lucky. It became 0-1 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Carmine Di Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodri Palacios in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clint Barton in the 39th minute of play forced Rossangeles's goalkeeper Jiang Bing Ning to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ennio Gervasi in the 40th minute of play. The corner led Cimone's Evaristo Borrego to fire away a dangerous shot which Jiang Bing Ning despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Valdevielso in the 47th minute of play. After the first half Cimone were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Clint Barton stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jiang Bing Ning took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ennio Gervasi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Rossangeles getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Attilio Bice hit a great ball. Jiang Bing Ning made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Damian Valdevielso sent off a good shot on target. If Rodri Palacios had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carmine Di Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodri Palacios in the 60th minute of play. Damian Valdevielso took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jiang Bing Ning. Jiang Bing Ning dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Rossangeles's Yu Bing Hong was substituted for Sílvio Luís Secco. Carmine Di Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodri Palacios in the 71st minute of play. In the 79th minute of the match Rossangeles got a corner. Cimone's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gu Zhou Xiao ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience was convinced that Yu Bing Hong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carmine Di Rocco was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Rossangeles from getting a goal against them. Yu Bing Hong charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yu Bing Hong the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jiang Bing Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Valdevielso in the 94th minute of play. Cimone's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.