League Play-Off

Plátanos
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. Saul Birjaio started the match with the kick off. Teofilo Dalmau made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Mario Tristan sent off a good shot on target. Saul Birjaio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Saul Birjaio managed to get in a good position for a shot. RibbonApache's supporters rose to their feet, but Saul Birjaio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zacarias Sengrat breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mario Tristan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Teofilo Dalmau made a huge save. The supporters of Plátanos booed when RibbonApache was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peder Lundberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Mario Tristan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Teofilo Dalmau. That made the score 1-0 in the 21 minute of play. After having played for 30 minutes, Saul Birjaio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RibbonApache's supporters crossed their fingers, but Saul Birjaio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to RibbonApache getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Maximo Bernad hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in RibbonApache's zone, Tomas Laurentzi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Teofilo Dalmau came out of the goal and Tomas Laurentzi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Teofilo Dalmau made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Mario Tristan sent off a good shot on target. Teofilo Dalmau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Froilan Confesor in the 36th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Teodoro Honrio notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of RibbonApache's Teofilo Dalmau. Teofilo Dalmau was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Teofilo Dalmau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Froilan Confesor, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Froilan Confesor was the one to do the kick off. Saul Birjaio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zacarias Sengrat came out and tried to block the shot, but Saul Birjaio slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 53rd minute. Teofilo Dalmau came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Plátanos's Froilan Confesor. But to his dismay, Froilan Confesor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Teofilo Dalmau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodoro Honrio, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 61st minute, Hao Ang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 62nd minute of the match Tomas Laurentzi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Teofilo Dalmau skillfully saved the ball. In the 65th minute, Froilan Confesor 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. 67 minutes into the match, Teodoro Honrio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Teofilo Dalmau. RibbonApache's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Teodoro Honrio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. After a rather tough play, RibbonApache's Maximo Bernad got a free kick in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Beti in the 72nd minute of play forced RibbonApache's goalkeeper Teofilo Dalmau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Peder Lundberg fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored RibbonApache's protests and gave Peder Lundberg a yellow card for diving instead. In the 73rd match minute, RibbonApache was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peder Lundberg to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute of the match Tomas Laurentzi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Teofilo Dalmau showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Teofilo Dalmau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Froilan Confesor in the 77th minute of the match. Peder Lundberg got his second yellow card in the match during the 78th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 79th match minute, RibbonApache was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peder Lundberg to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Laurentzi took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 80th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Teofilo Dalmau. RibbonApache's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Teofilo Dalmau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teodoro Honrio in the 82nd minute of play. After 82 played minutes Plátanos got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Beti. In the 85th minute, Mario Tristan made a precise shot to the right of Teofilo Dalmau. RibbonApache's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1. RibbonApache's Teofilo Dalmau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Tristan in the 89th minute of play. Nunez James recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Plátanos fully deserved thier win.