League Play-Off

Serio
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Fructal AD's Serafim Pereira started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lauro Prado hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Serafim Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Natanael de Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Serio SS's Adhemar Breckenfeld got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute David Loyola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gino Lopez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute David Loyola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gino Lopez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adriano Freitas hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Natanael de Lara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serafim Pereira, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Natanael de Lara didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustavo Penha went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Gláuber Peres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When David Loyola came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Serio SS 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 David Loyola couldn't finish the play. Gláuber Peres succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 44th playminute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when David Loyola stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gino Lopez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Loyola, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Gustavo Penha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fructal AD's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Penha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Natanael de Lara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fructal AD's Serafim Pereira got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Serafim Pereira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th minute, David Loyola made a precise shot to the right of Gino Lopez. Fructal AD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Gustavo Penha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Natanael de Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Serio SS's Natanael de Lara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serafim Pereira in the 74th minute of play. If David Loyola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Gino Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that David Loyola's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gino Lopez was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Serafim Pereira was extremely unlucky when he, in the 88th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Natanael de Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Serafim Pereira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.