League Play-Off

Resident 87 City
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Osvaldo Fanuco started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Osvaldo Fanuco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Christian Freire. resident87's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Osvaldo Fanuco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Racing Club's Luis Frascuelo got a free kick in the 7th minute. Christian Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldo Fanuco in the 12th minute of the match. Ceferino Niva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulino Quintin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fidel Baumer's late challenge caught a resident87's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fidel Baumer helped the player get up and apologised. After 14 played minutes Racing Club got a freekick which was hit by Fidel Baumer. In the 16th minute of the game Bonifacio Elorri made a throw-in which Isidro Bihar played forward. Tomas Misael lost his temper 18 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 17th minute of the game. One of Racing Club:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of resident87:s goal. Ceferino Niva went to the wrong direction when Rafael Frederik was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 24th match minute, Racing Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Frascuelo to maneuver through the defense. In the 28thth minute of the game Osvaldo Fanuco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but resident87's Christian Freire was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Christian Freire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Osvaldo Fanuco in the 30th minute of play. Racing Club's Orlando Hanot got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Orlando Hanot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 37 played minutes Racing Club got a freekick which was hit by Luis Frascuelo. A collision led to Racing Club getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Isidro Bihar hit a great ball. Racing Club's Ceferino Niva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Frederik in the 41st minute of play. Octavio Endira kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 47th minute Osvaldo Fanuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Freire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rafael Frederik to strike the kick off in the second half. Pipis Arnidis kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 55th minute Marcelino Nuno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Freire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute, Osvaldo Fanuco 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. Paulino Quintin's late challenge caught a Racing Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulino Quintin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 68th minute, Paulino Quintin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christian Freire stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Fanuco's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Osvaldo Fanuco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fidel Baumer hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Osvaldo Fanuco in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christian Freire saved resident87 from getting behind. Racing Club were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after resident87's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marcelino Nuno took the corner. Marcelino Nuno made a great header on Racing Club's corner, it was just that resident87's Christian Freire managed to reach the ball for a save. After 79 played minutes resident87 got a freekick which was hit by Rafael Frederik. In the 80thth minute of the game Osvaldo Fanuco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but resident87's Christian Freire was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Osvaldo Fanuco got free with Christian Freire in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. resident87's Paulino Quintin got his second yellow card of the match in the 84th minute. The referee ordered Paulino Quintin off the ground. In the 85th match minute, resident87 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulino Quintin to maneuver through the defense. In the 87thth minute of the game Osvaldo Fanuco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but resident87's Christian Freire was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A hard shot 89 in the game by Osvaldo Fanuco from a close distance when the talented Christian Freire managed to make a qualified save. resident87's players were relieved. Osvaldo Fanuco who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Christian Freire when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When the match had been going on for 93 minutes, Racing Club's Marcelino Nuno got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Christian Freire. Osvaldo Fanuco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian Freire having to interfere. If Rafael Frederik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Racing Club's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.