League Play-Off

Yoccina
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. Silvio Mantzio started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Lunarejos FC booed when Yoccina AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rosendo Galsino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Silvio Mantzio might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gogo Cesaro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Silvio Mantzio ran back to his position shaking his head. Severo Errando received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Ignacio Claus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Claudio Oskitz in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ignacio Claus saved Lunarejos FC from getting behind. Marcelo Kinsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gogo Cesaro having to interfere. A hard shot 26 in the game by Severo Errando from a close distance when the talented Ignacio Claus managed to make a qualified save. Lunarejos FC's players were relieved. If Claudio Oskitz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Claudio Oskitz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ignacio Claus. That made the score 1-0 in the 32 minute of play. 1-1 became the score in the 36th minute when Silvio Mantzio elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 44 minutes into the match, Marcelo Kinsen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gogo Cesaro. Yoccina AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcelo Kinsen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Yoccina AFC's Gogo Cesaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Kinsen in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Claudio Oskitz made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Silvio Mantzio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lunarejos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Silvio Mantzio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gogo Cesaro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Yoccina AFC getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Alfredo Hernando hit a great ball. After having played for 56 minutes, Severo Errando managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Yoccina AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Severo Errando was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 59 minutes into the match, Yoccina AFC's goalkeeper Gogo Cesaro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcelo Kinsen. In the 60th minute, Rosendo Galsino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Yoccina AFC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Alfredo Hernando hit a great ball. Gogo Cesaro was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Silvio Mantzio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 65 minute of play. In the 69th minute of the match Orlando Rocendo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ignacio Claus showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Yoccina AFC's Severo Errando sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ignacio Claus narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 75 minutes of play, Yoccina AFC's Severo Errando made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ignacio Claus was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 82nd minute, Silvio Mantzio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gogo Cesaro was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Severo Errando received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Ignacio Claus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 minutes, Alfredo Hernando mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yoccina AFC and the Lunarejos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Lunarejos FC booed when Yoccina AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredo Hernando didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Yoccina AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Lunarejos FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Lunarejos FC.