League Play-Off

Morena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emílio Dantas started the match with the kick off. André Torres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emílio Dantas in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute, André Anjos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. André Torres was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emílio Dantas in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck André Torres prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by André Anjos during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 20th match minute, Bade FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Anjos to maneuver through the defense. If André Anjos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Paulo Leão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of SC Morena booed when Bade FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gonçalo Pacheco didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Freitas in the 38th minute of play forced Bade FC's goalkeeper Heitor Pedroso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Heitor Pedroso managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when SC Morena's Paulo Leão fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee felt a red card was in order, 44 minutes into the game, when Paulo Garcia put in a rough tackle. 44 minutes into the game, one of Bade FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xavier Freitas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mariano Antunes charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mariano Antunes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, SC Morena's Mariano Antunes got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Heitor Pedroso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Leão, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. 60 minutes into the match, SC Morena's Paulo Leão sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Heitor Pedroso narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Bade FC's Gonçalo Pacheco got a free kick in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Freitas in the 61st minute of play forced Bade FC's goalkeeper Heitor Pedroso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulo Leão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Amadeu Ribeiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 68 minutes into the match, André Anjos notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of SC Morena's André Torres. André Torres was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 72nd minute Xavier Freitas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Heitor Pedroso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Leão in the 76th minute of play forced Bade FC's goalkeeper Heitor Pedroso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Heitor Pedroso came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Morena's Xavier Freitas. But to his dismay, Xavier Freitas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Xavier Freitas scored 4-2 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Heitor Pedroso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jorge Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th match minute, Bade FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amadeu Ribeiro to maneuver through the defense. After 96 minutes, Alfredo Leal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bade FC and the SC Morena players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 96 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Bade FC! SC Morena's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.