League Play-Off

Joes Garage
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cacá Mangione started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Baby Snakes's Teofilo Unai sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benjamin Cuss narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Benjamin Cuss stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nils Bohr's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Goo Goo Dolls's goalkeeper Benjamin Cuss, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ron Tomkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cacá Mangione in the 10th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the game, Zackary Hunter cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Benjamin Cuss was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 28th minute Baby Snakes were awarded a corner. Claudio Ubeda went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Zackary Hunter almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Goo Goo Dolls's Benjamin Cuss did a great save. After a rather tough play, Goo Goo Dolls's Dom Rusby got a free kick in the 28th minute. With a little luck, Goo Goo Dolls's Benjamin Cuss got control of the ball when Teofilo Unai tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 31st minute Cacá Mangione shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ron Tomkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 32 minutes Baby Snakes's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gianluca Infante who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Gianluca Infante almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Baby Snakes's Ron Tomkin did a great save. If Olimpiu Dragnea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olimpiu Dragnea in the 40th minute of play forced Baby Snakes's goalkeeper Ron Tomkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benjamin Cuss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils Bohr in the 43rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Baby Snakes's Nils Bohr slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benjamin Cuss. That made the score 2-0 after 43 minutes of play. Cacá Mangione took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ron Tomkin. Ron Tomkin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Teofilo Unai stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Goo Goo Dolls's Olimpiu Dragnea dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. With his leg Ron Tomkin managed to avoid a goal in the 57thth minute, when Goo Goo Dolls's Dom Rusby fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cacá Mangione could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Ron Tomkin made a huge save. Ron Tomkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cacá Mangione, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Baby Snakes's Harvey Courtney was substituted for Artuir McNamee. The corner led Goo Goo Dolls's Gianluca Infante to fire away a dangerous shot which Ron Tomkin despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Matteo Gillis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ron Tomkin having to interfere. Goo Goo Dolls made a substitution. Trey Hughes-Guy replaced Fábio Quintal. Goo Goo Dolls made a substitution. Teddy Ball replaced Steve Boulding. Baby Snakes's İnanç Özben was substituted for Nils Bohr. 71 minutes into the game, Baby Snakes's İnanç Özben nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benjamin Cuss made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Teofilo Unai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Benjamin Cuss tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ron Tomkin was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Olimpiu Dragnea capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Olimpiu Dragnea really showed his touch with that goal: 3-3. Ron Tomkin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cacá Mangione in the 86th minute. Cacá Mangione could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Ron Tomkin made a huge save. Goo Goo Dolls's Benjamin Cuss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofilo Unai in the 90th minute of play. Baby Snakes's Zackary Hunter got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 99 minutes into the match, Baby Snakes's goalkeeper Ron Tomkin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felix Lane. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.