League Play-Off

Absolut Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vodka Juniors's Roman Garin 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. When Victoriano Manilan came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Gutenberg AFC 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 Victoriano Manilan couldn't finish the play. Roman Garin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Nicolas Paio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vodka Juniors's Lisandro Vito got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cornelio Evarado struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Nicolas Paio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Vodka Juniors. Nicolas Paio made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Lisandro Vito sent off a good shot on target. After 20 minutes of play, Vodka Juniors's Lisandro Vito made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicolas Paio was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd match minute, Vodka Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cornelio Evarado to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Roman Garin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Paio was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. When Vodka Juniors's Roman Garin in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gutenberg AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Roman Garin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Nicolas Paio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Gutenberg AFC's Nicolas Paio got control of the ball when Lisandro Vito tried to sneak it across the goal line. Camilo Etxekopar hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Vodka Juniors's zone, Victoriano Manilan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kasper Nyström came out of the goal and Victoriano Manilan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kasper Nyström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victoriano Manilan in the 46th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Vodka Juniors's Cornelio Evarado got a free kick in the 46th minute. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Victoriano Manilan made a kick off. Lisandro Vito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicolas Paio having to interfere. Roman Garin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roman Garin struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Nicolas Paio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Vodka Juniors. After some careless play in the Gutenberg AFC defense, Roman Garin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicolas Paio. The Gutenberg AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicolas Paio should have stopped the shot. Nicolas Paio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lisandro Vito went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 72 minutes into the match, Gutenberg AFC's Ildefonso Honesto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kasper Nyström narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Victoriano Manilan was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 74th minute. Gutenberg AFC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The supporters of Gutenberg AFC booed when Vodka Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulino Lucado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kasper Nyström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victoriano Manilan, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Nicolas Paio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roman Garin went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Baltasar Qwinton's late challenge caught a Gutenberg AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Baltasar Qwinton helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Vodka Juniors getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Baltasar Qwinton hit a great ball. Roman Garin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Nicolas Paio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute Roman Garin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Paio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolas Paio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roman Garin's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. When the referee ended the match the Vodka Juniors players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.