League Play-Off

Estadio Mangrullo
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. Valentin Sotero started the match with the kick off. Korkut Özver stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valentin Sotero's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Mangrullo's Luciano Enetz got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 11 minutes into the match, Gmo Brown's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Sotero came free, but Korkut Özver reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gmo Brown's Edgard Gimenez got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 18th minute Narciso Laffitte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Benvide saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Gmo Brown booed when Mangrullo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santo Garcia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Sandalio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Oscar Benvide tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the game, Jimeno Felo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mangrullo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gmo Brown the free kick. After 27 played minutes Mangrullo got a freekick which was hit by Jimeno Felo. If Edgard Gimenez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute Valentin Sotero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Korkut Özver saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 45 minutes of play, Gmo Brown's Edgard Gimenez made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oscar Benvide was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half Gmo Brown were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edgard Gimenez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgard Gimenez in the 54th minute of play forced Mangrullo's goalkeeper Oscar Benvide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute, Mangrullo's Nicolas Bastia seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Nicolas Bastia the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Mangrullo protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Nicolas Bastia had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 57th minute of the game. One of Mangrullo:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Gmo Brown:s goal. The goalkeeper, Oscar Benvide, was totally fooled by Gmo Brown's Uriel Ekialde, who 60 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Edgard Gimenez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Oscar Benvide tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgard Gimenez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gmo Brown's Edgard Gimenez got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Luciano Enetz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Korkut Özver took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luciano Enetz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hermengildo Aznar hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Luciano Enetz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Gmo Brown eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.