League Play-Off

Wayne
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tomás Argoitz made the kick off and thus started the match. Minko Pehlivanov hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The supporters of Almunge IK booed when Wayne FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Adkins didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Almunge IK's Dalton Marcus got a free kick in the 16th minute. Norberto Silban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arnoldo Day kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Norberto Silban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wayne FC's Ari Harrison got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Norberto Silban received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Thurman Sheehan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 29 minutes into the game, Ari Harrison cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Marty Latham was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tomás Argoitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thurman Sheehan having to interfere. The supporters of Wayne FC booed when Almunge IK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomás Argoitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Enoch Chamberlain had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thurman Sheehan. Wayne FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enoch Chamberlain was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Almunge IK's Norberto Silban got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Almunge IK's Marty Latham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Adkins in the 43rd minute of play. Norberto Silban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thurman Sheehan having to interfere. Norberto Silban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wilford Smart to strike the kick off in the second half. Norberto Silban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Norberto Silban took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Thurman Sheehan to make any attempt to save it. Thurman Sheehan was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Tomás Argoitz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomás Argoitz really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. The audience was convinced that Tomás Argoitz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thurman Sheehan was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Norberto Silban might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thurman Sheehan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Norberto Silban ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 67 minutes, Ricardo Adkins managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Wayne FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Adkins was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Ari Harrison had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wayne FC's Thurman Sheehan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Argoitz in the 73rd minute of play. A hard shot 77 in the game by Tomás Argoitz from a close distance when the talented Thurman Sheehan managed to make a qualified save. Wayne FC's players were relieved. Almunge IK's Marty Latham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilford Smart in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ari Harrison in the 86th minute of play forced Almunge IK's goalkeeper Marty Latham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Norberto Silban received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Thurman Sheehan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ari Harrison kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. 93 minutes into the match, Ari Harrison had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marty Latham. Almunge IK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ari Harrison was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. Almunge IK's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.