League Play-Off

Mike Stade
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Donato Castanheira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Vilar having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Paulino Lima left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fame Junior fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Alex Assunção received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Sidónio Pires tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 19 played minutes Fame Junior got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Prada. MikeZone's attack was well implemented in the 20th minute, but when Alex Assunção was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. In the 21st minute, one of Fame Junior:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Fame Junior. Israel Matos shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. After a rather tough play, MikeZone's Antero Caeiro got a free kick in the 30th minute. Fame Junior's Manuel Fragoso took a good shot, in the 31st minute, which hit the crossbar above Cristiano Vilar's head, and flew over the goal. MikeZone's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Fame Junior. After having played for 36 minutes, Donato Castanheira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fame Junior's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donato Castanheira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Fame Junior booed when MikeZone was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimas Paiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sidónio Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Assunção in the 41st minute of play. In the 44th minute, Hélder Pádua 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. 47 minutes into the game, Leal Marinho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Sidónio Pires was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alex Assunção to strike the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the game, Dimas Paiva was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MikeZone's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fame Junior the free kick. Dimas Paiva kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 60thth minute of the game Hélder Pádua who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fame Junior's Sidónio Pires was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sidónio Pires stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hélder Pádua's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Antero Caeiro hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Assunção in the 68th minute of play forced Fame Junior's goalkeeper Sidónio Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Hélder Pádua had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th minute Hélder Pádua shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidónio Pires saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Castanheira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fame Junior's Donato Castanheira got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 92 minutes into the match, Hélder Pádua notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Fame Junior's Sidónio Pires. Sidónio Pires was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 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.