League Play-Off

Dr. Rodney McKay
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Danilo Hoffmann started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, Mourad Amirouche had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alan Gaspar. Trivella FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mourad Amirouche was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 7 minutes into the game, Mats Byström recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alan Gaspar. Mats Byström showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. In the 10th match minute, Sport Guild Atlantis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Messias to maneuver through the defense. Mourad Amirouche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alan Gaspar having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, Trivella FC's goalkeeper Alan Gaspar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by André Messias. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Gaspar in the 16th minute of play forced Trivella FC's goalkeeper Alan Gaspar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Trivella FC defense, Mourad Amirouche kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alan Gaspar. The Trivella FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alan Gaspar should have stopped the shot. An unexpected shot in the 24th minute by Mourad Amirouche got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Trivella FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when André Messias scored to the left of an out of position Alan Gaspar, making the score, 4-0. Henrique de Senna hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Trivella FC's Alan Gaspar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Trivella FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Célio Palmeira in the 37th minute of play forced Trivella FC's goalkeeper Alan Gaspar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Trivella FC's zone, Mats Byström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alan Gaspar came out of the goal and Mats Byström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alan Gaspar made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Mourad Amirouche sent off a good shot on target. In the 42nd minute, André Messias fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Alan Gaspar, passed just outside the right post. After 43 minutes of play, Sport Guild Atlantis's Mourad Amirouche made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alan Gaspar was left in no man's land by his defense there! If André Messias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell André Messias to make the kick off. If André Messias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Savas Zavadskiy might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alan Gaspar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Savas Zavadskiy ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the Trivella FC defense, Mourad Amirouche kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alan Gaspar. The Trivella FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alan Gaspar should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Mats Byström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sport Guild Atlantis's supporters rose to their feet, but Mats Byström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alan Gaspar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 59th minute, André Messias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alan Gaspar was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Mats Byström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Alan Gaspar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 67 minutes, André Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sport Guild Atlantis's supporters crossed their fingers, but André Messias was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alan Gaspar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Messias in the 71st minute of play. Sport Guild Atlantis were awarded a corner in the 73th minute after Trivella FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dinei Chaves took the corner. Dinei Chaves made a great header on Sport Guild Atlantis's corner, it was just that Trivella FC's Alan Gaspar managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 74th minute, André Messias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alan Gaspar was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. Tony Hoffmann's late challenge caught a Sport Guild Atlantis's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tony Hoffmann helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th match minute, Trivella FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tony Hoffmann to maneuver through the defense. Célio Palmeira scored 9-0 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alan Gaspar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 10-0 when André Messias sped through Trivella FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alan Gaspar. Diamantino Cabral's late challenge caught a Sport Guild Atlantis's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diamantino Cabral helped the player get up and apologised. Diamantino Cabral hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Alan Gaspar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Gaspar in the 90th minute of the match. Trivella FC's Alan Gaspar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mourad Amirouche in the 91st minute of play. Sport Guild Atlantis's Mats Byström got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sport Guild Atlantis had played much better football throughout.