League Play-Off

Sea Warriors
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, 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. Orlando Dalmai started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ciro Estevez got free with Siro Errando in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. MARTINI UNITED's Orlando Dalmai got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Ocean FC booed when MARTINI UNITED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimiro Llorian didn't get a good kick on the ball. Orlando Dalmai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Gualterio Espiridion tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Orlando Dalmai scored 0-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gualterio Espiridion, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Orlando Dalmai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Orlando Dalmai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Gualterio Espiridion tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th minute, Orlando Dalmai ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gualterio Espiridion was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Siro Errando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Honorio Gizon in the 34th minute of the match. Orlando Dalmai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Gualterio Espiridion tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Orlando Dalmai took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Gualterio Espiridion to make any attempt to save it. Orlando Dalmai received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gualterio Espiridion came out and tried to block the shot, but Orlando Dalmai slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 58th minute. The audience was convinced that Orlando Dalmai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gualterio Espiridion was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Honorio Gizon hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Urbano Rosalio managed to get in a good position for a shot. MARTINI UNITED's supporters rose to their feet, but Urbano Rosalio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gualterio Espiridion breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gualterio Espiridion made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Orlando Dalmai sent off a good shot on target. Esteve Rico scored 0-5 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gualterio Espiridion, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gualterio Espiridion didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Genaro Sayveon went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. After 93 played minutes, MARTINI UNITED's Adolfo Rocio shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gualterio Espiridion 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 MARTINI UNITED reached it. If Orlando Dalmai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Ocean FC getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Ciro Estevez hit a great ball. When the match was over MARTINI UNITED could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ocean FC throughout the match.