League Play-Off

Puissoye
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Isidro Mero got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Sotiris Koutetes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lucas Luzea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidro Mero in the 7th minute of the match. Puissoye's Gustavo Merexildo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristobal Ellande in the 8th minute of play. Cercado's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Victorino Celipe in the 10th minute. A collision led to Puissoye getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Ozan Zor hit a great ball. Cercado's Victorino Celipe got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 16 minutes into the match, Cristobal Ellande had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustavo Merexildo. Puissoye's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristobal Ellande was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Rio in the 19th minute of play forced Puissoye's goalkeeper Gustavo Merexildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Merexildo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sotiris Koutetes in the 22nd minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, Puissoye's goal looked a bit too open when Cristobal Ellande came free, but Gustavo Merexildo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 31 played minutes Puissoye got a freekick which was hit by Flavio Hernando. After 32 minutes of play, Cercado's Cristobal Ellande made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gustavo Merexildo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pedro Cebo's late challenge caught a Puissoye's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Cebo helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Cercado's Pedro Cebo got a free kick in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute of the match Haroldo Baraquiel sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lucas Luzea skillfully saved the ball. Flavio Hernando scored 2-2 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lucas Luzea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristobal Ellande made a kick off. The Puissoye fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Puissoye's Flavio Hernando looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Flavio Hernando fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Luzea having to interfere. In the 62nd minute Sotiris Koutetes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustavo Merexildo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Cristobal Ellande dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gustavo Merexildo, 3-3. After 68 played minutes Puissoye got a freekick which was hit by Flavio Hernando. Lucas Luzea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Hernando in the 71st minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Cercado's Cristobal Ellande dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Flavio Hernando during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Puissoye getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Flavio Hernando hit a great ball. A collision led to Puissoye getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Flavio Hernando hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Fabricio Laurentzi put it in 4-4 from a short distance just to the right of Lucas Luzea. In the 87th minute, Fabricio Laurentzi 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. Lucas Luzea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidro Mero in the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Javier Shepherd 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. After some careless play in the Puissoye defense, Sotiris Koutetes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gustavo Merexildo. The Puissoye fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gustavo Merexildo should have stopped the shot. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Cercado walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.