League Play-Off

E. Perez
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Camilo Maiorga took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes, Teo Sandaili mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mercedes F.C and the social lux players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, Mercedes F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teo Sandaili to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Orvar Kinell took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Aaron Stephen to make any attempt to save it. 12 minutes into the match, Cornelio Faro notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of social lux's Tiburcio Peli. Tiburcio Peli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornelio Faro in the 17th minute of play forced social lux's goalkeeper Tiburcio Peli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute Orvar Kinell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aaron Stephen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Orvar Kinell took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aaron Stephen. Aaron Stephen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. social lux's attentive Camilo Behe managed to snatch the ball when Juan Orkatz made a throw-in in the 25th minute of the game. Efrain Veto took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tiburcio Peli. Tiburcio Peli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Aaron Stephen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Eutropio, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 34th match minute, social lux was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Eutropio to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Mercedes F.C defense, Camilo Maiorga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aaron Stephen. The Mercedes F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aaron Stephen should have stopped the shot. Orvar Kinell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Aaron Stephen made a huge save. 41 minutes into the match, Dario Pitin dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Aaron Stephen, 4-2. Donato Eneto hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cornelio Faro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Aaron Stephen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filomeno Dunixi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Cornelio Faro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tiburcio Peli. That made the score 4-3 in the 53 minute of play. Mercedes F.C's Aaron Stephen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Camilo Maiorga in the 57th minute of play. Efrain Veto's late challenge caught a social lux's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Efrain Veto helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes Mercedes F.C got a freekick which was hit by Efrain Veto. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cornelio Faro got free with Tiburcio Peli in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tiburcio Peli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Teo Sandaili in the 64th minute. With a little luck, social lux's Tiburcio Peli got control of the ball when Efrain Veto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arnulfo Cordaryal took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 69th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tiburcio Peli. social lux's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Aaron Stephen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dario Pitin in the 72nd minute of play. Cornelio Faro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Tiburcio Peli made a huge save. Mercedes F.C's Aaron Stephen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orvar Kinell in the 75th minute of play. Eusebio Osoro lost his temper 77 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to social lux getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Eusebio Osoro hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Teo Sandaili got free with Tiburcio Peli in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. social lux's attentive Camilo Behe managed to snatch the ball when Baldomiro Gilen made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. Aaron Stephen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Orvar Kinell's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. Aaron Stephen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filomeno Dunixi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Orvar Kinell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Aaron Stephen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 95 minutes into the game, Domingo Gentza was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. social lux's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mercedes F.C the free kick. Domingo Gentza hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The social lux fans cheered their team off the field, for while Mercedes F.C had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.