League Play-Off

La Cruz
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Oscar Wanchope took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Stamford getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Evaristo Sanchez hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the match, Stamford's goal looked a bit too open when Benito Madrigal came free, but Hector Ledezma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oscar Wanchope sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to La Cruz getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Maikol Talamanca hit a great ball. Chico Hurtado stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Calvo's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Pedro Calvo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Buenaventura Lankaster hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Stamford's Pedro Calvo got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Oscar Wanchope fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chico Hurtado having to interfere. Pedro Calvo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 27 minutes into the match, Pedro Calvo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of La Cruz's Chico Hurtado. Chico Hurtado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chico Hurtado didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Stamford's Pedro Calvo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. The audience was convinced that Oscar Wanchope's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chico Hurtado was relentless in the 40th minute of the game.

Pedro Calvo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chico Hurtado having to interfere. Oscar Wanchope recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pedro Calvo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to La Cruz getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Israel Godinez hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind La Cruz's goalkeeper Chico Hurtado, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Chico Hurtado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar Wanchope in the 64th minute of play. Stamford's Agustin Solis suffered a sore thigh after 65 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hernan Matute during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 66th match minute, La Cruz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hernan Matute to maneuver through the defense. 69 minutes into the game, Maikol Talamanca was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Cruz's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stamford the free kick. A collision led to La Cruz getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Maikol Talamanca hit a great ball. After 72 played minutes La Cruz got a freekick which was hit by Buenaventura Lankaster. After 78 played minutes La Cruz got a freekick which was hit by Maikol Talamanca. If Pedro Calvo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 83 minutes, Pedro Calvo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Stamford's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pedro Calvo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 84 minutes, Pedro Calvo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Stamford's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pedro Calvo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pedro Calvo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Chico Hurtado made a huge save. Giovanni Lopez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Chico Hurtado made a huge save. Stamford played a much better game than La Cruz and deserved their victory. The La Cruz players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.