League Play-Off

Mercedes
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 7 minutes into the match, Mercedes's goal looked a bit too open when Flavio Transito came free, but Urbano Jusepe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7th minute Flavio Transito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Jusepe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Talip Rical fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urbano Jusepe having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Loventué's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Eudoxio came free, but Campos Luis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Transito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Urbano Jusepe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Mercedes getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Feliciano Luzea hit a great ball. After 21 played minutes Loventué got a freekick which was hit by Horacio Toli. Urbano Jusepe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Talip Rical in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Florencio Jusepe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute, Raul Ereinotz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mercedes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Campos Luis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Higinio Manni in the 36th minute. When Rafael Mendiko came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Loventué 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 Rafael Mendiko couldn't finish the play. In the 41st minute Talip Rical shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Jusepe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mercedes's Urbano Jusepe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Talip Rical in the 43rd minute of play. Emanuel Eudoxio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Urbano Jusepe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Talip Rical in the 53rd minute. In the 56th minute Flavio Transito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Jusepe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Urbano Jusepe made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Talip Rical sent off a good shot on target. Campos Luis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Higinio Manni in the 64th minute of the match. Talip Rical could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Urbano Jusepe made a huge save. Urbano Jusepe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Talip Rical went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 76 minutes into the match, Talip Rical had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Urbano Jusepe. Mercedes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Talip Rical was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. 1-3 became the score in the 83rd minute when Talip Rical elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Higinio Manni in the 87th minute of play forced Loventué's goalkeeper Campos Luis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loventué'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.