League Play-Off

Toca dos Orcs
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Andrézinho Neves made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4thth minute of the game Nuno Silveira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orcs of City FC's Luís Penha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Maurinho Amaral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Penha having to interfere. Orcs of City FC's Luís Penha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maurinho Amaral in the 10th minute of play. If Maurinho Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nuno Silveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Penha having to interfere. Luís Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurinho Amaral in the 20th minute of the match. After 24 minutes, Maurinho Amaral made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Orcs of City FC's Luís Penha tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Andrézinho Neves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Fabiano Campidelis having to interfere. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Nuno Silveira sped through Orcs of City FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Luís Penha. In the 37th minute, Maurinho Amaral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dream Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Nuno Silveira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luís Penha having to make a save. Nuno Silveira charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nuno Silveira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Róbert Tábori took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 48th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luís Penha. Orcs of City FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-3 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 Maurinho Amaral to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Orcs of City FC's goalkeeper Luís Penha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maurinho Amaral. Dream Team's Nuno Silveira managed to work through Orcs of City FC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Nuno Silveira dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Maurinho Amaral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Penha having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Orcs of City FC's zone, Nuno Silveira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Penha came out of the goal and Nuno Silveira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice moves Maurinho Amaral could shoot a difficult shot in the 61st minute, which Luís Penha however easily saved by the left post. A hard shot 63 in the game by Maurinho Amaral from a close distance when the talented Luís Penha managed to make a qualified save. Orcs of City FC's players were relieved. After 63rd play minutes Nuno Silveira shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Luís Penha and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 67th minute Dé Tinoco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Fabiano Campidelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute, Andrézinho Neves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Nuno Silveira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Penha was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Dé Tinoco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Luís Fabiano Campidelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nuno Silveira in the 77thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luís Penha, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Nuno Silveira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Maurinho Amaral took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Luís Penha to make any attempt to save it. Luís Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nuno Silveira in the 89th minute of play. When the match was over Dream Team could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Orcs of City FC throughout the match.