League Play-Off

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Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zeledon Cortez kicked off to start the match. Raul Astigar made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Sidney Martins sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Raimundo Abaunza took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Raul Astigar to make any attempt to save it. The crowd rose to their feet as La Peste Rosada's Zeledon Cortez slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Raul Astigar. That made the score 2-0 after 11 minutes of play. Mono Team's Raul Astigar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Mono Team from getting a goal against them. 19 minutes into the game, Wilfredo Nataniel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mono Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La Peste Rosada the free kick. The supporters of La Peste Rosada booed when Mono Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilfredo Nataniel didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Mono Team booed when La Peste Rosada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Manuelo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Amancio Hever made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Urbez in the 24th minute of play. Adan Inguma might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raul Astigar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adan Inguma ran back to his position shaking his head. Amancio Hever took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cecilio Urbez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, 姜政真 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amancio Hever. La Peste Rosada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 姜政真 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After a rather tough play, La Peste Rosada's Sidney Martins got a free kick in the 34th minute. Amancio Hever showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cecilio Urbez in the 36th minute of the match. Amancio Hever came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Mono Team's Cecilio Urbez. But to his dismay, Cecilio Urbez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. After 43 minutes of play, La Peste Rosada's Adan Inguma made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raul Astigar was left in no man's land by his defense there! After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cecilio Urbez to strike the kick off in the second half. Igor Manuelo was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 53 minutes into the match. 58 minutes into the match, Mono Team's goal looked a bit too open when Erasmo Colon came free, but Raul Astigar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Mono Team's zone, Erasmo Colon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raul Astigar came out of the goal and Erasmo Colon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 65 minutes into the game, Haroldo Vincente was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mono Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La Peste Rosada the free kick. After 66 played minutes Florencio Eli shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Mono Team's Raul Astigar to catch but Florencio Eli was lucky. It became 4-3 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Cecilio Urbez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 74 played minutes Mono Team got a freekick which was hit by Haroldo Vincente. 79 minutes into the game, Sidney Martins cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-3. Raul Astigar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cecilio Urbez's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 84thth minute, Amancio Hever skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 88th minute Cecilio Urbez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amancio Hever saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amancio Hever made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Urbez in the 90th minute of play. 95 minutes into the game, Astor Bizen threw the ball into play from the sideline. La Peste Rosada's Florencio Eli quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Raul Astigar came out of the goal in the 98th minute to try and stop a shot by La Peste Rosada's Erasmo Colon. But to his dismay, Erasmo Colon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-3. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The La Peste Rosada fans cheered their team off the field, for while Mono Team had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.