League Play-Off

EsTaDiO Do MaRaKaNá
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) UDA ® All Rights Reserved's Cristiano Bezerra 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. After a rather tough play, UDA ® All Rights Reserved's Silvestre Brás got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Guilherme Padilha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rui Viveiros having to make a save. In the 11th play minute Amável Tristão came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Amílcar Lages. 1-0. Rui Viveiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guilherme Padilha, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Rui Viveiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guilherme Padilha in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Amável Tristão ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amílcar Lages was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After 23 minutes of play, UDA ® All Rights Reserved's Cristiano Bezerra made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amílcar Lages was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rui Viveiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guilherme Padilha, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristiano Bezerra in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amílcar Lages saved Sirvozelo FC from getting behind. Guilherme Padilha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Rui Viveiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 39 minutes into the match, Guilherme Padilha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rui Viveiros. UDA ® All Rights Reserved's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guilherme Padilha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Rui Viveiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guilherme Padilha in the 46th minute of play. If David Velasques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Guilherme Padilha was the one to do the kick off. Rui Viveiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guilherme Padilha, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. UDA ® All Rights Reserved's Rui Viveiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guilherme Padilha in the 57th minute of play. If Guilherme Padilha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rui Viveiros made an important save on a dangerous shot by David Velasques in the 62nd minute. In the 66th minute, Cristiano Bezerra got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Guilherme Padilha was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 68th minute. Sirvozelo FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After having played for 69 minutes, Homero Coutinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sirvozelo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Homero Coutinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cristiano Bezerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amílcar Lages having to interfere. Amável Tristão scored 4-2 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Amílcar Lages, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 78th minute, David Velasques got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Guilherme Padilha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Guilherme Padilha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Viveiros having to interfere. In the 89th match minute, UDA ® All Rights Reserved was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvestre Brás to maneuver through the defense. In the 92nd minute Sirvozelo FC were awarded a corner. Américo Severiano went to the cornerflag to take it. For all the effort they put into the match, the Sirvozelo FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for UDA ® All Rights Reserved.