League Play-Off

Durham
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rene Rodriguez started the match with the kick off. Ramon Toledano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustin Uranga in the 3rd minute of the match. After 12 played minutes, Bude's Gabriel Ancheta shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ramon Toledano came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Bude reached it. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Fabio Vasquez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bude's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabio Vasquez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ramon Toledano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hector Palma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rene Rodriguez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ramon Toledano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Vasquez in the 22nd minute of the match. After 24 played minutes Bude got a freekick which was hit by Dagoberto Huezo. Ramon Toledano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Vasquez in the 26th minute of play. Bude's Hector Palma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rene Rodriguez in the 28th minute of play. Roberto Leiva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramon Toledano having to interfere. With his leg Hector Palma managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Durham AFC's Will Meza fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Fabio Vasquez came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Bude fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fabio Vasquez couldn't finish the play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabio Vasquez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Fabio Vasquez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ramon Toledano was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. After 59 minutes of play, Bude's Roberto Leiva made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ramon Toledano was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Rene Rodriguez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Will Meza in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hector Palma saved Bude from getting behind. After having played for 72 minutes, Roberto Leiva managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bude's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roberto Leiva was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fabio Vasquez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hector Palma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rene Rodriguez in the 76th minute of the match. A collision led to Durham AFC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Arnoldo Rojas hit a great ball. In the 82nd minute Bude were awarded a corner. Humberto Asad went to the cornerflag to take it. Bude's Humberto Asad was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ramon Toledano in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roberto Leiva got free with Ramon Toledano in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 86 minutes into the game, Jorge Fernandez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Durham AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bude the free kick. After a rather tough play, Durham AFC's Jorge Fernandez got a free kick in the 86th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabio Vasquez in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ramon Toledano saved Durham AFC from getting behind. 94 minutes into the match, Roberto Leiva notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Durham AFC's Ramon Toledano. Ramon Toledano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Bude supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Bude would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.