League Play-Off

Estadio Toreros
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luisito Mederi took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 8th minute, Matthias Larsfält left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Flores United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. GiudeCCa's Ramiro Mendivil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iván Kaviedes in the 11th minute of play. Ramiro Mendivil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luisito Mederi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iván Kaviedes scored 0-2 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ramiro Mendivil, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Matthias Larsfält sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in GiudeCCa's zone, Gonzalo Villafañe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ramiro Mendivil came out of the goal and Gonzalo Villafañe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ramiro Mendivil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iván Kaviedes in the 33rd minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, GiudeCCa's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Larsfält came free, but Ramiro Mendivil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Ramiro Ibisate fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GiudeCCa's protests and gave Ramiro Ibisate a yellow card for diving instead. Ramiro Mendivil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luisito Mederi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ramiro Mendivil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthias Larsfält, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Luisito Mederi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute, Luisito Mederi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ramiro Mendivil was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After the first half Flores United were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ramiro Ibisate was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Xzavier Olaondo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Victor Andreu. Flores United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xzavier Olaondo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Amedeo Di Palma's late challenge caught a GiudeCCa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amedeo Di Palma helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Flores United's Amedeo Di Palma got a free kick in the 57th minute. Ramiro Mendivil made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Iván Kaviedes sent off a good shot on target. 65 minutes into the match, GiudeCCa's goalkeeper Ramiro Mendivil had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Matthias Larsfält. GiudeCCa's Ramiro Mendivil proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save GiudeCCa from getting a goal against them. In the 68th play minute Matthias Larsfält came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ramiro Mendivil. 1-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Mederi in the 71st minute of play forced GiudeCCa's goalkeeper Ramiro Mendivil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rios Figueruel kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 77th minute by Matthias Larsfält got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With a little luck, GiudeCCa's Ramiro Mendivil got control of the ball when Iván Kaviedes tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, Flores United's Ramiro Mendivil threw himself towards the right post 83 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luisito Mederi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ramiro Mendivil made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Amedeo Di Palma sent off a good shot on target. In the 85th minute, Rubén Copeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Mederi in the 89th minute of play forced GiudeCCa's goalkeeper Ramiro Mendivil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, GiudeCCa's goal looked a bit too open when Iván Kaviedes came free, but Ramiro Mendivil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ramiro Mendivil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bar Becu in the 91st minute of play. After 92 minutes, Xencio Busvidad mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GiudeCCa and the Flores United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, GiudeCCa's Xencio Busvidad got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 97th match minute, GiudeCCa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geancarlos Tejedor to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Flores United could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than GiudeCCa throughout the match.