League Play-Off

Cascada
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Saverio Geofredo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Luisiana AFC's Saverio Geofredo managed to work through Cascada's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Saverio Geofredo dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Pascual Platon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saverio Geofredo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Faustino Maraman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nemesio Panpili in the 28th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Luisiana AFC's zone, Nemesio Panpili stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faustino Maraman came out of the goal and Nemesio Panpili tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Faustino Maraman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nemesio Panpili in the 34th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Saverio Geofredo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pascual Platon was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in Cascada's zone, Rosendo Eliu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pascual Platon came out of the goal and Rosendo Eliu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nemesio Panpili was the one to do the kick off. Saverio Geofredo struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Pascual Platon didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Luisiana AFC. 60 minutes into the match, Nemesio Panpili had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Faustino Maraman. Luisiana AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nemesio Panpili was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. When Jaime Gregory came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Luisiana AFC 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 Jaime Gregory couldn't finish the play. Jeremias Bidun struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Faustino Maraman didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cascada. After a rather tough play, Luisiana AFC's Severo Gurutz got a free kick in the 72nd minute. After having played for 74 minutes, Jeremias Bidun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cascada's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jeremias Bidun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Luisiana AFC's zone, Jeremias Bidun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faustino Maraman came out of the goal and Jeremias Bidun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 82 played minutes, Cascada's Osvaldo Nafarroa shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Faustino Maraman 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 Cascada reached it. After having played for 86 minutes, Jaime Gregory managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Luisiana AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jaime Gregory was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Nemesio Panpili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Jeremias Bidun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Faustino Maraman was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Jeremias Bidun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faustino Maraman having to interfere. Saverio Geofredo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Pascual Platon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Luisiana AFC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Cascada from taking control. The game ends in a draw.