League Play-Off

Ricardo Puga
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. Geronimo Veronica started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Carlos Oxarra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgard Mon kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. If Victor Piarres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the comercio 1 AFC defense, Victor Piarres kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aquiles Presebal. The comercio 1 AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aquiles Presebal should have stopped the shot. Aquiles Presebal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cecilio Ortle in the 16th minute of the match. Leo Domingues hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 24 minutes into the game, Amado Mano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Los 11 de Shinichi F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave comercio 1 AFC the free kick. Aquiles Presebal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Piarres went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Geronimo Veronica fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filiberto George having to interfere. If Geronimo Veronica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Victor Piarres made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Anacleto Isauro notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Los 11 de Shinichi F.C's Filiberto George. Filiberto George was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pastor Furtado charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pastor Furtado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 58th match minute, comercio 1 AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pastor Furtado to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Victor Piarres took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Aquiles Presebal to make any attempt to save it. With a little luck, comercio 1 AFC's Aquiles Presebal got control of the ball when Victor Piarres tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 66 minutes, Leo Domingues managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Los 11 de Shinichi F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leo Domingues was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Carlos Oxarra fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored comercio 1 AFC's protests and gave Carlos Oxarra a yellow card for diving instead. After 69 played minutes comercio 1 AFC got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Oxarra. In the 70th minute, Los 11 de Shinichi F.C's Cecilio Ortle ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aquiles Presebal. Aquiles Presebal yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. Victor Piarres's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Aquiles Presebal firmly grabbed it by the left post. If Cecilio Ortle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Los 11 de Shinichi F.C's Victor Piarres got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Joel Benet charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joel Benet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The attack was good, but when Victor Piarres in the 85th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. When Victor Piarres fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Los 11 de Shinichi F.C's protests and gave Victor Piarres a yellow card for diving instead. Victor Piarres hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. In the 90th minute, Victor Piarres 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. A collision led to comercio 1 AFC getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Carlos Oxarra hit a great ball. The comercio 1 AFC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Los 11 de Shinichi F.C were clearly better and deserved to take the win.