A departure from strong emotions ends with friends smiling

The departure of the CAB before the Good Journey was not easy. On the contrary, the game was filled with high and low points for both teams, with the two groups of athletes revealing the inconsistencies that are typical at this early stage of the season. The game began best for the Good Journey, which won the first period by 19-17. Taking advantage of the great physical constraints that continue to affect foreign CAB athletes, the Azoreans determined the pace of the first ten minutes of play and won the period fairly. Entry into the second period was also better for the Good Trip. With clear pitches from the outside and the CAB making defensive mistakes, the Azorean team increased its advantage. The fourth lack of Justina Udenze, a reference of the Friends in the inner game, came to further condition the Madeirans, who were clearly struggling to impose coherence and dynamics on their game. Two triples of Maria John still brought some hope to a response from the CAB, but they were insufficient, because the interval arrived with the marker in 39-29, favorable to the Good Journey. On the return of the locker rooms, the CAB returned determined to reverse the course of events, but the afternoon was still not of great inspiration. If, in the attack, the Friends continued to be far from their best, in defense, the marking failures allowed the Good Trip to accumulate points and manage the accumulated advantage, which came to be 16 points over the third period. An injury to the shoulder of the athlete Maria João also did not help the Madeirans, who seemed, in search of a rhythm and an identity within the field. A reaction from those guided by João Pedro Viera at the end of the period avoided greater ills, with the third ten minutes of play ending the result in 53-49, favorable to the Good Journey. At the entrance to the last period, the CAB was worn out, both physically and emotionally. The question was whether the Friends could overcome the obstacles that they saw and impose their will on the Good Journey. As would be predicted, by the way the third period had ended, the fourth period was of emotion. The two teams did not want to leave Lisbon with the loss in luggage, so they surrendered to the game and fought each possession of ball with great intensity. The match was not always played in the right way, and it often dominated the heart and emotion more than rationalism and tactics. In the last two minutes of the game, Azoreans and Madeirans were tied and it was not known which way the game would hang. At the end of the 19 seconds, the Good Journey gained a superiority of 69-67 and it seemed that the game would end there. However, a well-achieved attack by the Amigas resulted in a two-point scorer tied to 69 and left thirteen seconds on the scorer to play. "What would happen?" he asked himself in the loins' pavilion... And the answer was, "Nothing!" Boa Viagem did not convert the last attack and the regular time of the match ended with a tie of 69 points. The game was for extension, being, face to face, a Good Travel less and less sure of itself and some Friends in ascension and clearly motivated by recovery who had been able to operate on the marker. In Madeira, far from the game, CAB supporters who received the results by SMS suffered and waited for the outcome of the events. It was a game of nerves and emotions - either for those who were watching it personally or for those who "suffering" the distance. The extension was played taco-to-tach and with a lot of heart. The CAB had the opportunity to "kill" the game, but it always left a door open to the Good Trip. At five seconds of the end, the advantage was two points for the CAB, those points marked by Marta Bravo. But the Good Journey had possession of the ball... The Azoreans, who had been so well throughout the match, failed and the CAB threw the party!... In the loins, smile a lot! In Madeira, with the arrival of results, he became happy!... Thank you, girls! Thank you, John! In individual terms: Cintia France (1 points 1 assistance), Marta Bravo (15 points), Maria João (25 points), Christian Shelter (18 points), Catarina Freitas (2 points, 5 assists), Justina Udenze (8 points, 7 points), Carolina Escorcio (12 points), Carla Relva (1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 ball robbery), Monica Luis and Ana Jardim.