League Play-Off

Marini
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Osvaldo Esdras got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Maggolo AFC's zone, Nicolas Birila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Reynaldo Macerio came out of the goal and Nicolas Birila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 8 minutes, Octavio Vedillo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maggolo AFC and the Marini AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Maggolo AFC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Octavio Vedillo hit a great ball. Aaron Faron received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Reynaldo Macerio came out and tried to block the shot, but Aaron Faron slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. Constantino Hori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldo Esdras in the 16th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the game, Osvaldo Esdras cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Constantino Hori was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th minute, Maggolo AFC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nicolas Birila fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. If Nicolas Birila had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Maggolo AFC's zone, Eduardo Joachim stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Reynaldo Macerio came out of the goal and Eduardo Joachim tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marini AFC's Constantino Hori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcial Laurendi in the 38th minute of play. In the 43rd match minute, Marini AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Faron to maneuver through the defense. Marcial Laurendi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Octavio Vedillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nicolas Birila was the one to do the kick off. Constantino Hori didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Maggolo AFC's Osvaldo Esdras shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. When Marcial Laurendi came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Maggolo 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 Marcial Laurendi couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Candido Perrando during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 67 played minutes Maggolo AFC got a freekick which was hit by Candido Perrando. Aaron Faron hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Osvaldo Esdras in the 82nd minute of play forced Marini AFC's goalkeeper Constantino Hori to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Birila received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Reynaldo Macerio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. During the 86th minute of the match Octavio Vedillo completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Octavio Vedillo a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Birila in the 89th minute of play forced Maggolo AFC's goalkeeper Reynaldo Macerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Marini AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Maggolo AFC's performance. The match ended with a win for Maggolo AFC.