League Play-Off

White Hart Lane
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Viamonte FC's Valentin Bidari started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ruben Cilio's late challenge caught a Spurs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ruben Cilio helped the player get up and apologised. With a little luck, Viamonte FC's Marcelino Etxepare got control of the ball when Celestino Oliverios tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gervasio Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruben Cilio in the 9th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Viamonte FC's goal looked a bit too open when Celestino Oliverios came free, but Marcelino Etxepare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Joel Servando had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute Ruben Cilio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gervasio Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Bidari in the 17th minute of play forced Spurs's goalkeeper Gervasio Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the game, Valentin Bidari cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gervasio Nicholas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcelino Etxepare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Servando in the 26th minute of the match. After 30 minutes of play, Viamonte FC's Reynaldo Hernandez made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gervasio Nicholas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gervasio Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reynaldo Hernandez in the 33rd minute of play. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Spurs's goalkeeper Gervasio Nicholas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Spurs's Gervasio Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reynaldo Hernandez in the 46th minute of play. Celestino Oliverios could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 48th minute of the match, but Marcelino Etxepare made a huge save. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Siro Florin to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Siro Florin sped through Viamonte FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marcelino Etxepare. In the 61st minute of the match, Valentin Bidari tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gervasio Nicholas saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Marcelino Etxepare showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Servando, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After 68 played minutes Viamonte FC got a freekick which was hit by Reynaldo Hernandez. 70 minutes into the match, Ruben Cilio dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gervasio Nicholas, 1-4. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Ruben Cilio took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Gervasio Nicholas to make any attempt to save it. Marcelino Etxepare showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celestino Oliverios, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute Reynaldo Hernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gervasio Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Siro Florin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Atilano Diagur kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Viamonte FC's Honorato Matei shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 84th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Gervasio Nicholas but with some difficulty. Spurs's Gervasio Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruben Cilio in the 93rd minute of play. After recieving a nice pass, Viamonte FC's Honorato Matei tried to score from far away in the 95th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Viamonte FC played a much better game than Spurs and deserved their victory. The Spurs players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.