League Play-Off

Estadio RoccoTardini
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edgardo Valente made the kick off which started today's match. Tomás Orlondon struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Cecilio Belarmo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tardini FC. Guido Urti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cecilio Belarmo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bonifacio Admon in the 14th minute of play. Guido Urti blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zeng Xiong Xiang having to make a save. Tomás Orlondon was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 18th minute. Tardini FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Edgardo Valente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Zeng Xiong Xiang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tardini FC's Arnulfo Selmo got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tomás Orlondon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cecilio Belarmo having to interfere. Guido Urti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zeng Xiong Xiang having to interfere. Bonifacio Admon kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. When Lafinur FC's Edgardo Valente, in the 37th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Lafinur FC. In the 39th minute, Edgardo Valente ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zeng Xiong Xiang was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience was convinced that Edgardo Valente's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zeng Xiong Xiang was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. When Guido Urti came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Lafinur FC 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 Guido Urti couldn't finish the play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomás Orlondon was the one to do the kick off. Tomás Orlondon blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cecilio Belarmo having to make a save. In the 54th minute, Edgardo Valente 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. Edgardo Valente fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zeng Xiong Xiang having to interfere. Guido Urti struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Zeng Xiong Xiang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lafinur FC. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edgardo Valente in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zeng Xiong Xiang prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 68th minute, Bonifacio Admon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgardo Valente 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. The audience was convinced that Edgardo Valente's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zeng Xiong Xiang was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Tardini FC defense, Guido Urti kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zeng Xiong Xiang. The Tardini FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zeng Xiong Xiang should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnulfo Selmo in the 82nd minute of play forced Lafinur FC's goalkeeper Cecilio Belarmo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgardo Valente sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zeng Xiong Xiang was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Guido Urti capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Guido Urti really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Zeng Xiong Xiang made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guido Urti in the 94th minute. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tardini FC's goalkeeper Zeng Xiong Xiang, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edgardo Valente did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Zeng Xiong Xiang 96 minutes into the match. When the final whistle sounded Lafinur FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Tardini FC.