League Play-Off

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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Antoine Jeffers made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 7th minute, Bieszczadzkie Anioły's Claudio Cottrell ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cristobal McMullen. Cristobal McMullen yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. A collision led to Xenia getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Joseph Duvall hit a great ball. 16 minutes into the match, Bieszczadzkie Anioły's goal looked a bit too open when Adrian Lay came free, but Osoitz Letatu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 17 minutes of play, Xenia's Antoine Jeffers made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Osoitz Letatu was left in no man's land by his defense there! 22 minutes into the match, Alan Horner notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Bieszczadzkie Anioły's Osoitz Letatu. Osoitz Letatu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Osoitz Letatu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alan Horner, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Vance Thurman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute, Claudio Cottrell 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. Cristobal McMullen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vance Thurman in the 38th minute of play. Bieszczadzkie Anioły's Osoitz Letatu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antoine Jeffers in the 40th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Bieszczadzkie Anioły's Edward Abraham got a free kick in the 41st minute. Osoitz Letatu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alan Horner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bieszczadzkie Anioły's Vance Thurman got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vance Thurman made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Joseph Duvall hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 53 minutes into the game, Antoine Jeffers was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xenia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bieszczadzkie Anioły the free kick. The supporters of Bieszczadzkie Anioły booed when Xenia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antoine Jeffers didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th match minute, Xenia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrian Lay to maneuver through the defense. Cristobal McMullen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudio Cottrell, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Ned Castro charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ned Castro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 59th match minute, Xenia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ned Castro to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vance Thurman in the 59th minute of play forced Xenia's goalkeeper Cristobal McMullen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osoitz Letatu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Lay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claudio Cottrell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristobal McMullen having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Vance Thurman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bieszczadzkie Anioły's supporters rose to their feet, but Vance Thurman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristobal McMullen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cyrus Todd received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Osoitz Letatu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristobal McMullen came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Bieszczadzkie Anioły's Vance Thurman. But to his dismay, Vance Thurman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. 87 minutes into the match, Vance Thurman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristobal McMullen. Xenia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vance Thurman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3.