League Play-Off

Estadio Norumbega
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jonas Hodei started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gilberto Ariando in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carolo Matthew saved Norumbega AFC from getting behind. In the 6th minute, Jonas Hodei made a precise shot to the right of Tadeo Osoro. COMITAN FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Teo Maties kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tadeo Osoro. That made the score 2-0 in the 11 minute of play. When Jonas Hodei came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Norumbega 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 Jonas Hodei couldn't finish the play. Ricardo Xabel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilberto Ariando in the 21st minute of play forced Norumbega AFC's goalkeeper Carolo Matthew to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 33 minutes of play, Norumbega AFC's Jonas Hodei made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tadeo Osoro was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet as Norumbega AFC's Urbano Donio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tadeo Osoro. That made the score 4-1 after 41 minutes of play.

Carolo Matthew showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilberto Ariando, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Marciano Maiorga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Carolo Matthew made a huge save. Carolo Matthew made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ermegildo Argina in the 55th minute of play. Ermegildo Argina kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Aaron Bastia hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. The supporters of COMITAN FC booed when Norumbega AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcelino Peter didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fermin Bizen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tadeo Osoro came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Norumbega AFC's Jonas Hodei. But to his dismay, Jonas Hodei quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. In the 75th minute, Gilberto Ariando reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Carolo Matthew. The goal made the score 5-2. In the 78th minute Ermegildo Argina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carolo Matthew saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tadeo Osoro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Norumbega AFC's Jonas Hodei shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-2 in the ordered_time% minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marciano Maiorga got free with Carolo Matthew in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Teo Maties had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 90 minutes into the match, Jonas Hodei had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tadeo Osoro. COMITAN FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonas Hodei was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-2. Norumbega AFC's Carolo Matthew played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilberto Ariando in the 95th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in COMITAN FC's zone, Jonas Hodei stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tadeo Osoro came out of the goal and Jonas Hodei tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Norumbega AFC fully deserved thier win.