League Play-Off

Lnch
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, 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. Ladislao Bartoli started the match with the kick off. In the 9th minute, Apolo Bihar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabio Rosio, 9 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Llavallol's zone, Joel Osasun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Remigio George came out of the goal and Joel Osasun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Albino Erroman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joel Osasun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 30 minutes into the match, Joel Osasun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remigio George. Llavallol's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Osasun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Joel Osasun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Remigio George tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Remigio George made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Joel Osasun sent off a good shot on target. In the 46th minute Ladislao Bartoli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esteban Iban saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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.

In the 53rd minute, Lnch AFC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ladislao Bartoli fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 54th minute Albino Erroman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remigio George saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute, Albino Erroman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lnch AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. When Ladislao Bartoli came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Llavallol 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 Ladislao Bartoli couldn't finish the play. After having played for 65 minutes, Ladislao Bartoli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Llavallol's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ladislao Bartoli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Remigio George showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Osasun in the 67th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Albino Erroman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Remigio George was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. In the 73rd minute, Benicio Cordairo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Benicio Cordairo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esteban Iban having to interfere. If Severino Ramirez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 84th minute of the match Llavallol got a corner. Lnch AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabio Rosio ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Fabio Rosio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Esteban Iban quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Albino Erroman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lnch AFC's Albino Erroman got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Llavallol's Remigio George played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albino Erroman in the 97th minute of play. Lnch AFC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.