League Play-Off

Salvatore Riina
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Serkan Günden took the kick off in the first half of the match. António Cerqueira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Leal Valido having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Serkan Günden got free with Hélder Vasques in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th match minute, LA COSA NOSTRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Portugal to maneuver through the defense. Leal Valido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rui Estrela, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Vaiamonte FC's Hélder Vasques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 乔义竞 in the 18th minute of play. After 18 played minutes LA COSA NOSTRA got a freekick which was hit by İsmail Yazıcı. Vaiamonte FC's António Cerqueira got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 24th minute, Joacim Mårtensson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leal Valido was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Leal Valido made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Cerqueira in the 29th minute of play. In the 31st minute of the match Vaiamonte FC got a corner. LA COSA NOSTRA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alexandrino Sabrosa ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Alexandrino Sabrosa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but LA COSA NOSTRA's Leal Valido did a great save. After 35th play minutes Rui Estrela shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Leal Valido and just under the crossbar into goal. Alexandrino Sabrosa made in the 37th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Saúl França. Leal Valido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from António Cerqueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Rui Estrela scored 0-3 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leal Valido, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 44th minute of the game Alexandrino Sabrosa made a throw-in which Rui Estrela played forward. 46 minutes into the game, 乔义竞 recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Hélder Vasques. 乔义竞 showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rui Estrela stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Leal Valido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rui Estrela, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute Serkan Günden shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélder Vasques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, LA COSA NOSTRA's goal looked a bit too open when Rui Estrela came free, but Leal Valido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when António Cerqueira got free with Leal Valido in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Leal Valido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rui Estrela, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 67th minute Rui Estrela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leal Valido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, Vaiamonte FC's goal looked a bit too open when Serkan Günden came free, but Hélder Vasques reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute, António Cerqueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 82 minutes, António Cerqueira made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. LA COSA NOSTRA's Leal Valido tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vaiamonte FC 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.