League Play-Off

Salvatore Riina
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pepe Bomba got the match started through his kick off. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Leal Valido took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Eurico lago to make any attempt to save it. Altino Candeias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Eurico lago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eurico lago made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Leal Valido sent off a good shot on target. In the 11th minute, Pepe Bomba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Beatriz 08 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leal Valido in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eurico lago saved FC Beatriz 08 from getting behind. In the 21st minute LA COSA NOSTRA were awarded a corner. Laércio Vieira went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pepe Bomba in the 23rd minute of play forced LA COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Evandro Azeredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the game, Pepe Bomba cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Evandro Azeredo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 28th minute Pepe Bomba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evandro Azeredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leal Valido sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute, Pepe Bomba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Beatriz 08 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. The audience was convinced that Pepe Bomba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evandro Azeredo was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After 38 minutes of play, FC Beatriz 08's Barto Sánchez made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evandro Azeredo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Leal Valido made the kick off in the second half. Evandro Azeredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pepe Bomba in the 52nd minute of play. 53 minutes into the match, Alexandre Luijten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evandro Azeredo. LA COSA NOSTRA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexandre Luijten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. When Altino Candeias came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the LA COSA NOSTRA 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 Altino Candeias couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, FC Beatriz 08's Alexandre Luijten got a free kick in the 59th minute. Pepe Bomba succeeded in the game's 64th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-6. Evandro Azeredo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pepe Bomba, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Eurico lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso Portugal in the 68th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Altino Candeias in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eurico lago saved FC Beatriz 08 from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leal Valido in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eurico lago saved FC Beatriz 08 from getting behind. Barto Sánchez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Evandro Azeredo made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Barto Sánchez got free with Evandro Azeredo in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the LA COSA NOSTRA defense, Barto Sánchez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Evandro Azeredo. The LA COSA NOSTRA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Evandro Azeredo should have stopped the shot. In the 87th match minute, LA COSA NOSTRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Horácio Toscano to maneuver through the defense. Pepe Bomba did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-8 to the left of a surprised Evandro Azeredo 89 minutes into the match. FC Beatriz 08 played a much better game than LA COSA NOSTRA and deserved their victory. The LA COSA NOSTRA players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.