League Play-Off

Elysiun Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filipe Saraiva started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Rojas in the 5th minute of play forced Guille's goalkeeper Alesander Cedillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 6 minutes into the game, Daniel Rojas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alesander Cedillo. Daniel Rojas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. With his leg Alesander Cedillo managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Hercules CF's Daniel Rojas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Tiniebra Pizarro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Lester, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, Hercules CF's Errapel Saes got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 13th minute, Filipe Saraiva 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciccio Marzulli in the 16th minute of play forced Hercules CF's goalkeeper Tiniebra Pizarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hercules CF's Tiniebra Pizarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwidon Pilitowski in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Felix Mostache's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alesander Cedillo was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Felix Mostache managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hercules CF's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Mostache was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alesander Cedillo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 23rd minute, Cristian Cosoroabă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 24 minutes into the match, Hercules CF's goal looked a bit too open when Filipe Saraiva came free, but Tiniebra Pizarro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26thth minute of the game Daniel Rojas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Guille's Alesander Cedillo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Felix Mostache managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hercules CF's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Mostache was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alesander Cedillo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 29 played minutes Hercules CF got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Cosoroabă. Alesander Cedillo made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Daniel Rojas sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Daniel Rojas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alesander Cedillo was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. The throw-in from Xefe Lambarri in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Hercules CF's Rosio Verdeces. With his leg Alesander Cedillo managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Hercules CF's Daniel Rojas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alesander Cedillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiago Purrigimon, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. When Daniel Rojas came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Hercules CF 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 Daniel Rojas couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 48 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Daniel Rojas sped through Guille's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alesander Cedillo. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Rojas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Hercules CF's Endira Lozares got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 54th minute, Ciccio Marzulli 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. Daniel Rojas might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alesander Cedillo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Rojas ran back to his position shaking his head. Hercules CF's Tiniebra Pizarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciccio Marzulli in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of Guille booed when Hercules CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Errapel Saes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tiniebra Pizarro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciccio Marzulli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alesander Cedillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Endira Lozares, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. The Hercules CF fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when Hercules CF's Daniel Rojas looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Tiniebra Pizarro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filipe Saraiva in the 66th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Daniel Rojas notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Guille's Alesander Cedillo. Alesander Cedillo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Rojas in the 72nd minute of play forced Guille's goalkeeper Alesander Cedillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tiniebra Pizarro made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Michael Lester sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Daniel Rojas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alesander Cedillo was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Cristian Cosoroabă's late challenge caught a Guille's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristian Cosoroabă helped the player get up and apologised. Hercules CF made a substitution. Christiano Ardanza replaced Daniel Rojas. In the 91st minute, Cristian Cosoroabă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Lester in the 93rd minute of play forced Hercules CF's goalkeeper Tiniebra Pizarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hercules CF's attentive Rosio Verdeces managed to snatch the ball when Xefe Lambarri made a throw-in in the 95th minute of the game. 97 minutes into the match, Hercules CF's goalkeeper Tiniebra Pizarro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Filipe Saraiva.