League Play-Off

WeldingDirect Park
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Teofilo Unai kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Baby Snakes's Zackary Hunter got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Baby Snakes's Ron Tomkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jozef Lewandowski in the 4th minute of play. Justin Collingwood's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 10thth minute, Ron Tomkin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ron Tomkin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Garlic Eaters's Justin Collingwood shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Baby Snakes's Ron Tomkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tommy Hanley in the 18th minute of play. Tommy Hanley struck a weak shot in the 18th minute. Ron Tomkin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Garlic Eaters. The supporters of Garlic Eaters booed when Baby Snakes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Genílson Figueiredo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ron Tomkin was out of position in the 29 minute of play, and Fitz Lambley capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fitz Lambley really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 32nd minute Jozef Lewandowski 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. Ron Tomkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tommy Hanley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 36th minute of the match Garlic Eaters got a corner. Baby Snakes's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pavol Stano ran over to the corner to take the kick. Genílson Figueiredo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikolay Bonkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zackary Hunter in the 41st minute of play. Ron Tomkin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Justin Collingwood went, in the 48th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 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 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Justin Collingwood made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zackary Hunter in the 53rd minute of play forced Garlic Eaters's goalkeeper Nikolay Bonkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Noel Broom managed to get in a good position for a shot. Garlic Eaters's supporters rose to their feet, but Noel Broom was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ron Tomkin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Baby Snakes made a substitution. Harvey Courtney replaced Artuir McNamee. Baby Snakes's Ron Tomkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justin Collingwood in the 61st minute of play. Fitz Lambley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ron Tomkin having to interfere. Garlic Eaters made a substitution. Jasper Attwood replaced Noel Broom. Baby Snakes's İnanç Özben was substituted for Nils Bohr. Garlic Eaters's İbrahim Efe Altunbaş was substituted for Fitz Lambley. In the 75th minute, Zackary Hunter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ron Tomkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jozef Lewandowski in the 79th minute of play. Nikolay Bonkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from İnanç Özben in the 81st minute of play. Baby Snakes's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Claudio Ubeda in the 83rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Claudio Ubeda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nikolay Bonkov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 85 minutes Garlic Eaters's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Claudio Ubeda who took care of the corner kick. Baby Snakes's Claudio Ubeda was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nikolay Bonkov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 86 minutes, İbrahim Efe Altunbaş mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Garlic Eaters and the Baby Snakes players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 86th minute, İbrahim Efe Altunbaş hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 88th minute, Genílson Figueiredo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Justin Collingwood came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Garlic Eaters 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 Justin Collingwood couldn't finish the play. 93 minutes into the match, Baby Snakes's goal looked a bit too open when Jozef Lewandowski came free, but Ron Tomkin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Garlic Eaters defense, Zackary Hunter kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikolay Bonkov. The Garlic Eaters fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikolay Bonkov should have stopped the shot. Garlic Eaters were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Baby Snakes for a fine match.