League Play-Off

Mataojo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fernando Montemayor started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute Fernando Montemayor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrico Cespedes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ponc Cerezal's late challenge caught a Mataojo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ponc Cerezal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th minute, Ponc Cerezal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Henrico Cespedes managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when Mataojo's Xaver Moniz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 11 minutes, Bazil Atencio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mataojo and the Porongos players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bazil Atencio hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. If Xaver Moniz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fernando Montemayor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Henrico Cespedes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Mataojo's Lesardo Vijil got a free kick in the 24th minute. Perrando Mesia, 25 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. Xaver Moniz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrico Cespedes having to interfere. Ponc Cerezal hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. If Xaver Moniz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Porongos's Henrico Cespedes got control of the ball when Fernando Montemayor tried to sneak it across the goal line. Xaver Moniz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Henrico Cespedes having to make a save. Mataojo's Xaver Moniz got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Balasi Mariño made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xuban Veraza in the 36th minute of play. After 38 played minutes Mataojo got a freekick which was hit by Bazil Atencio. When Xuban Veraza came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Porongos 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 Xuban Veraza couldn't finish the play. The long shot by Zornin Raigal in the 44th minute really tested Henrico Cespedes's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Xaver Moniz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Henrico Cespedes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Xuban Veraza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Xuban Veraza was the one to do the kick off. In the 59th minute, Xaver Moniz 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. Fernando Montemayor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrico Cespedes having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Xaver Moniz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mataojo's supporters rose to their feet, but Xaver Moniz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henrico Cespedes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Balasi Mariño didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 70th minute, which inside left pole to 0-1. Xuban Veraza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Balasi Mariño having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Porongos's Xuban Veraza dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Fernando Montemayor succeeded in the game's 84th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. In the 90th minute, Xaver Moniz 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. Xaver Moniz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.