League Play-Off

TOCA DA RAPOSA
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Valdemar Gomes made the kick off and thus started the match. Valdemar Gomes took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alan França. Alan França dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 7th minute, Christian Neiva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gino Marinho, 8 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 9 minutes into the match, CHELSEA's goalkeeper Michel Tande had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luís Cearense. In the 13th match minute, CHELSEA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Paulo Cordeiro to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, LURAFA's Gino Marinho tried to score from far away in the 14th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 17th minute, Váldson Freire got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo José Borges in the 22nd minute of play forced LURAFA's goalkeeper Alan França to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valdemar Gomes struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Alan França didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CHELSEA. With a little luck, CHELSEA's Michel Tande got control of the ball when Váldson Freire tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 36thth minute of the game Valdemar Gomes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LURAFA's Alan França was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Váldson Freire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alan França took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valdemar Gomes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Váldson Freire to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Luís Cearense got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 57 minutes into the match, Paulo José Borges had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alan França. LURAFA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulo José Borges was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Paulo José Borges struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Alan França didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CHELSEA. Paulo José Borges sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Váldson Freire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, LURAFA's Alan França got control of the ball when Paulo José Borges tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 81st match minute, LURAFA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dorival Tande to maneuver through the defense. Luís Cearense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Tande having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Váldson Freire's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel Tande was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Luís Cearense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Michel Tande tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Váldson Freire ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michel Tande was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2.