League Play-Off

Tchula Park
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. Patrick Schwartz started the match with the kick off. In the 5th match minute, Tchula AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Quinton Phelps to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute of the match, Patrick Schwartz tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Xavier Marshall saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 14th minute Reinaldo Goldman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hunter Blue saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute Reinaldo Goldman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hunter Blue saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrick Schwartz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Xavier Marshall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Goldman in the 21st minute of play forced Tchula AFC's goalkeeper Hunter Blue to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Dwight Slaughter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 24th minute, Quinton Phelps fired a really elegant long shot, but Xavier Marshall threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. In the 26th minute, Marcos Lopes 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ricardo Hall during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 34th minute of the match Domenico Cleveland sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Xavier Marshall skillfully saved the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Patrick Schwartz in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xavier Marshall saved Mystic Otter Island from getting behind. Roscoe Esquivel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Xavier Marshall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roscoe Esquivel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Xavier Marshall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Reinaldo Goldman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Hunter Blue tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcos Lopes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Reinaldo Goldman made a kick off. Roscoe Esquivel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xavier Marshall having to interfere. 55 minutes into the game, Young Landreth was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mystic Otter Island's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tchula AFC the free kick. In the 55th minute, Young Landreth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xavier Marshall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roscoe Esquivel in the 57th minute of the match. Tchula AFC's Hunter Blue proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Tchula AFC from getting a goal against them. Domenico Cleveland's late challenge caught a Mystic Otter Island's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Domenico Cleveland helped the player get up and apologised. Domenico Cleveland kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Hunter Blue showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reinaldo Goldman in the 70th minute of the match. Marcos Lopes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hunter Blue having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Reinaldo Goldman got free with Hunter Blue in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Reinaldo Goldman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Hunter Blue tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mystic Otter Island's Xavier Marshall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roscoe Esquivel in the 78th minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Roscoe Esquivel notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Mystic Otter Island's Xavier Marshall. Xavier Marshall was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Mystic Otter Island's zone, Patrick Schwartz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xavier Marshall came out of the goal and Patrick Schwartz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 91st minute Patrick Schwartz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xavier Marshall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xavier Marshall didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patrick Schwartz went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score.