League Play-Off

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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Clemente Cebo took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Melchor Marin during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When Ovidio Eufrasio fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Xente FC's protests and gave Ovidio Eufrasio a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Xente FC's Ovidio Eufrasio got a free kick in the 7th minute. Xente FC's Adrian Ganix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Javier Hori in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Melchor Marin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Xente FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. If Melchor Marin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Edgard Ponciano came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Xente FC's Clemente Cebo. But to his dismay, Clemente Cebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. After 22 minutes, Clemente Cebo made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Hualjaina AFC's Edgard Ponciano tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Edgard Ponciano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Clemente Cebo in the 26th minute. In the 29th minute, Melchor Marin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Edgard Ponciano. The goal made the score 4-0. The audience was convinced that Clemente Cebo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edgard Ponciano was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Celso Froila recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A hard shot 37 in the game by Clemente Cebo from a close distance when the talented Edgard Ponciano managed to make a qualified save. Hualjaina AFC's players were relieved. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Everardo Oidor during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Xente FC booed when Hualjaina AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Everardo Oidor didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 45 minutes, Clemente Cebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xente FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Clemente Cebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fulgencio Laffitte to strike the kick off in the second half. Ovidio Eufrasio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edgard Ponciano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Melchor Marin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Melchor Marin came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Xente FC 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 Melchor Marin couldn't finish the play. Edgard Ponciano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Melchor Marin went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Edgard Ponciano came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Xente FC's Melchor Marin. But to his dismay, Melchor Marin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Daniel Selatse made in the 66th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Xente FC's Emanuel Eufrasio. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Eufrasio in the 67th minute of play forced Hualjaina AFC's goalkeeper Edgard Ponciano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Hualjaina AFC's Everardo Oidor got a free kick in the 69th minute. The supporters of Hualjaina AFC booed when Xente FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cosme Herrera didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xente FC's Adrian Ganix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fulgencio Laffitte in the 73rd minute of play. Clemente Cebo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edgard Ponciano having to make a save. After a defensive mix-up in Hualjaina AFC's zone, Melchor Marin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edgard Ponciano came out of the goal and Melchor Marin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Edgard Ponciano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Clemente Cebo's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. In the 80th minute, Melchor Marin made a precise shot to the right of Edgard Ponciano. Hualjaina AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. Edgard Ponciano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clemente Cebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Cosme Herrera hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Xente FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.