League Play-Off

Rodeo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Prudencio Hodei kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd match minute, Spinetto F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albano Ado to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Rodeo's Nicolas Feliu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rafael Ihintza. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. Jonatan Inguma hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Prudencio Hodei in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mauro Cebo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Guaberto Quirce's late challenge caught a Rodeo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guaberto Quirce helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, Spinetto F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guaberto Quirce to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Cristian Rico 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. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spinetto F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Justino Panpili was slow to take the kick. During this time Rodeo's players had a chance to rest. Spinetto F.C.'s Rafael Ihintza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Spinetto F.C. from getting a goal against them. 26 minutes into the match, Rodeo's Nicolas Feliu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rafael Ihintza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 31st minute, Prospero Valerio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Prudencio Hodei recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rafael Ihintza was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nicolas Feliu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 37 minute of play. In the 41st minute, Jonatan Inguma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silvestre Perutxo, 42 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After 46 minutes, Nicolas Feliu made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Spinetto F.C.'s Rafael Ihintza tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicolas Feliu to make the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 52nd minute by Feliberto Txurio got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. When Nicolas Feliu came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Rodeo 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 Nicolas Feliu couldn't finish the play. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rodeo's goalkeeper Mauro Cebo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cristian Rico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Rico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Feliu in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rafael Ihintza prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rodeo's goalkeeper Mauro Cebo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Feliu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rafael Ihintza was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Rafael Ihintza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Rico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Feliu in the 92nd minute of play forced Spinetto F.C.'s goalkeeper Rafael Ihintza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 97 minutes into the game, Feliberto Txurio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Spinetto F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rodeo the free kick. Rodeo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.