League Play-Off

Paranacito
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fabio Eudoxio made the kick off which started today's match. Paranacito's Tomas Ixaka shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 6th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Martin Dalmau but with some difficulty. After a defensive mix-up in Paranacito's zone, Prospero Arnas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Candido Cesario came out of the goal and Prospero Arnas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Casbas's Saverio Thomas in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Paranacito's goalie prevented a goal. Felix Birjaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Dalmau having to interfere. With a little luck, Casbas's Martin Dalmau got control of the ball when Felix Birjaio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Santos Heli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Candido Cesario having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Birjaio got free with Martin Dalmau in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Paranacito getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Efrain Beltran hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute, Efrain Beltran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Domingo Curcio was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 24th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When Mauricio Noe fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Casbas's protests and gave Mauricio Noe a yellow card for diving instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Felix Birjaio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paranacito's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Birjaio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Martin Dalmau breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 34th minute, Saverio Thomas 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. Martin Dalmau made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Felix Birjaio sent off a good shot on target. 41 minutes into the match, Fabio Eudoxio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martin Dalmau. Casbas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fabio Eudoxio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Saverio Thomas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 54th minute, Felix Birjaio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Paranacito fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Felix Birjaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Dalmau having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Paranacito's zone, Santos Heli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Candido Cesario came out of the goal and Santos Heli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 62 minutes of play, Paranacito's Felix Birjaio made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Dalmau was left in no man's land by his defense there! Martin Dalmau came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Paranacito's Felix Birjaio. But to his dismay, Felix Birjaio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Felix Birjaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Dalmau having to interfere. When Mauricio Noe was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 88 minutes had been played. In the 89th minute, Mauricio Noe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martin Dalmau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Birjaio, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Felix Birjaio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paranacito were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Casbas for a fine match.