League Play-Off

GREGOR PODOLCZAK
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, FC Oestrich's Benedicto Txomin seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Benedicto Txomin the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Oestrich protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Benedicto Txomin had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Oestrich fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! Rafael Vincente went to the wrong direction when Albano Garikoitz was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. After 7 played minutes Candelaria got a freekick which was hit by Santo Donzel. Orlando Baumar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Jonathan Fe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Agustin Francis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafael Vincente having to interfere. Hipolito Eguen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Agustin Francis took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rafael Vincente. Rafael Vincente dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Eguen in the 29th minute of play forced FC Oestrich's goalkeeper Rafael Vincente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Jonathan Fe managed to avoid a goal in the 32ndth minute, when FC Oestrich's Orlando Baumar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 33rd minute Hipolito Eguen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Vincente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rafael Vincente came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Candelaria's Hipolito Eguen. But to his dismay, Hipolito Eguen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The audience was convinced that Hipolito Eguen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rafael Vincente was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. When Hipolito Eguen came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Candelaria 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 Hipolito Eguen couldn't finish the play. In the 44th minute, Agustin Francis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Candelaria fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 49th minute, Hipolito Eguen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Candelaria's supporters rose to their feet, but Hipolito Eguen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rafael Vincente breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Agustin Francis to strike the kick off in the second half. Rafael Vincente made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hipolito Eguen in the 54th minute. Rafael Vincente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agustin Francis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Agustin Francis took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Rafael Vincente to make any attempt to save it. Hipolito Eguen took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rafael Vincente. Rafael Vincente dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. After having played for 78 minutes, Agustin Francis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Candelaria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Agustin Francis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Agustin Francis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Hipolito Eguen, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 85 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Rafael Vincente was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. If Hipolito Eguen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Agustin Francis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rafael Vincente. That made the score 0-8 in the 94 minute of play. Hipolito Eguen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.