League Play-Off

Estadio Salir
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Torcato Palha made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the game, FC Haxball's Torcato Palha nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Filipe Carneiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Torcato Palha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Torcato Palha made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 9thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Filipe Carneiro would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. FC Haxball's Lázaro Guerra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Júlio Garcia in the 11th minute of play. Lázaro Guerra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogério Veiga in the 13th minute of the match. Filipe Carneiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Torcato Palha in the 18th minute. Lázaro Guerra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júlio Garcia in the 24th minute of the match. Éder Cesário received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Filipe Carneiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Éder Cesário 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. Rogério Veiga blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lázaro Guerra having to make a save. Filipe Carneiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Éder Cesário, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 39 played minutes Mestras FC got a freekick which was hit by Vítor Amorim. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Torcato Palha during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 40 played minutes FC Haxball got a freekick which was hit by Torcato Palha. Torcato Palha's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Filipe Carneiro firmly grabbed it by the left post. With an all-out effort, FC Haxball's Filipe Carneiro threw himself towards the right post 44 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Éder Cesário, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogério Veiga in the 47th minute of play forced FC Haxball's goalkeeper Lázaro Guerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rogério Veiga to make the kick off. Aloísio Esteves blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Filipe Carneiro having to make a save. Júlio Garcia succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 53rd playminute. 58 minutes into the game, FC Haxball's Torcato Palha nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Filipe Carneiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. 68 minutes into the game, one of FC Haxball:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 71 minutes, Mestras FC's Viriato Miranda got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Lázaro Guerra. The attack was good, but when Torcato Palha in the 79th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Lázaro Guerra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogério Veiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 87 minutes into the match, Torcato Palha notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Mestras FC's Filipe Carneiro. Filipe Carneiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mestras FC's Filipe Carneiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Torcato Palha in the 91st minute of play. Torcato Palha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Carneiro having to interfere. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.