League Play-Off

Hell Gates Arena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ismael Mendebal started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Hendrix United's goal looked a bit too open when Arnoldo Belasko came free, but Ciro Galtero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the game, Atilano Ciceron recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Arnulfo Terciero. Atilano Ciceron showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonel Domeka during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Hendrix United getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Leonel Domeka hit a great ball. After 11 played minutes, Tinajeros AFC's Mario Luar shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ciro Galtero 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 Tinajeros AFC reached it. In the 12th minute Tinajeros AFC were awarded a corner. Mario Luar went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Mario Luar almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hendrix United's Ciro Galtero did a great save. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hendrix United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mario Luar was slow to take the kick. During this time Tinajeros AFC's players had a chance to rest. Arnoldo Belasko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Ciro Galtero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arnulfo Terciero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atilano Ciceron in the 22nd minute of the match. Arnulfo Terciero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Orzaize in the 23rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Atilano Ciceron took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Arnulfo Terciero to make any attempt to save it. The audience was convinced that Ismael Mendebal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnulfo Terciero was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. An unexpected shot in the 38th minute by Atilano Ciceron got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 38 minutes into the match, Ismael Mendebal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnulfo Terciero. Tinajeros AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ismael Mendebal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Atilano Ciceron blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arnulfo Terciero having to make a save. Hendrix United were furious when Geronimo Madeo was red carded, 43 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 42nd minute of the game. One of Hendrix United:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Tinajeros AFC:s goal. 45 minutes into the game, Tinajeros AFC's Mario Luar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ciro Galtero made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Arnoldo Belasko made the kick off in the second half. Ciro Galtero made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Carlos Alcaraz sent off a good shot on target. In the 53rdth minute of the game Arnoldo Belasko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hendrix United's Ciro Galtero was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Arnaldo Toribio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Ciro Galtero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ciro Galtero had great luck who in the 61stth minute grab hold of the ball when Arnoldo Belasko from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Carlos Alcaraz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Galtero having to interfere. In the 63rd minute of the match, Augusto Vedillo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ciro Galtero was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When Atilano Ciceron came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Hendrix United 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 Atilano Ciceron couldn't finish the play. If Atilano Ciceron had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 72nd minute, Silvano Inge made a precise shot to the right of Arnulfo Terciero. Tinajeros AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Atilano Ciceron fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnulfo Terciero having to interfere. 87 minutes into the game, Hendrix United's Atilano Ciceron nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnulfo Terciero made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Feliberto Txindoki in the 91st minute of play forced Tinajeros AFC's goalkeeper Arnulfo Terciero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnulfo Terciero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Atilano Ciceron, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute.