League Play-Off

Urusapucai
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zarbonin Sarandeses started the match with the kick off. Buinton Alaez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Quico Almeida having to interfere. Mikolas Cortada received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Quico Almeida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Batista Guztros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Batista Guztros might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Victorio Entia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Batista Guztros ran back to his position shaking his head. Urusapucai's Zarbonin Sarandeses was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 17th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Quico Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikolas Cortada, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Batista Guztros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Victorio Entia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Ybapobo FC's Victorio Entia got control of the ball when Batista Guztros tried to sneak it across the goal line. Buinton Alaez kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Zarbonin Sarandeses received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Victorio Entia came out and tried to block the shot, but Zarbonin Sarandeses slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 40th minute. Quico Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikolas Cortada in the 44th minute of the match. Xeromo Cotrofe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Quico Almeida having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mikolas Cortada stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Urusapucai booed when Ybapobo FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diogo Urroz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Batista Guztros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Urusapucai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. The audience was convinced that Zarbonin Sarandeses's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victorio Entia was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Urusapucai's Quico Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikolas Cortada in the 63rd minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Ybapobo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zarbonin Sarandeses came free, but Victorio Entia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd minute of the match Diogo Urroz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Quico Almeida showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Pello Fontoria charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pello Fontoria the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd minute, Pello Fontoria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ybapobo FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Diogo Urroz in the 75th minute. Ybapobo FC's Diogo Urroz was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Quico Almeida in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Quico Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xeromo Cotrofe, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. If Mikolas Cortada had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Ybapobo FC's Diogo Urroz got a free kick in the 89th minute. Batista Guztros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Victorio Entia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ybapobo FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.