League Play-Off

Machada Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Machada FC's Alberto Portugal quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Armindo Gueifão, made in the 9th minute of the game. Fernando Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermes Regueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Fernando Tinoco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mário Leite in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Marialva S.C.'s goalkeeper Fernando Tinoco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gică Drumeș in the 16th minute of play forced Machada FC's goalkeeper Rúben Coelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes into the match, Marialva S.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Hermes Regueira came free, but Fernando Tinoco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Machada FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ernst Günther came free, but Rúben Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rúben Coelho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernst Günther in the 22nd minute of the match. Rúben Coelho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Sarabia, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 24 minutes Machada FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Reginaldo Cordeiro who took care of the corner kick. When the match clock showed 27 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Manuel Ruas sped through Machada FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rúben Coelho. Ernst Günther's late challenge caught a Machada FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ernst Günther helped the player get up and apologised. After 32 played minutes Marialva S.C. got a freekick which was hit by Ernst Günther. Rúben Coelho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gică Drumeș in the 34th minute of play. Mário Leite could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Fernando Tinoco made a huge save. Marialva S.C.'s Fernando Tinoco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Marialva S.C. from getting a goal against them. Paulo Amigo's late challenge caught a Marialva S.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulo Amigo helped the player get up and apologised. Marialva S.C. made a substitution. Manuel Lencastre replaced Ernst Günther. In the 41st match minute, Machada FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulo Amigo to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermes Regueira in the 45th minute of play forced Marialva S.C.'s goalkeeper Fernando Tinoco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Machada FC's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Ruas came free, but Rúben Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half Marialva S.C. were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hermes Regueira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Machada FC's Rúben Coelho got control of the ball when Pablo Sarabia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fernando Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermes Regueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Claudemiro Lage made a great header on Machada FC's corner, it was just that Marialva S.C.'s Fernando Tinoco managed to reach the ball for a save. Rúben Coelho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gică Drumeș in the 58th minute of play. Gică Drumeș could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Rúben Coelho made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Sarabia in the 70th minute of play forced Machada FC's goalkeeper Rúben Coelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rúben Coelho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Sarabia, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. The audience was convinced that Mário Leite's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernando Tinoco was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Marialva S.C.'s Fernando Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mário Leite in the 72nd minute of play. Rúben Coelho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gică Drumeș, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pablo Sarabia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Rúben Coelho made a huge save. A collision led to Marialva S.C. getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Manuel Lencastre hit a great ball. 84 minutes into the match, Machada FC's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Lencastre came free, but Rúben Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paulo Amigo got his second yellow card in the match during the 86th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Reginaldo Cordeiro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 88th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rúben Coelho. Machada FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 91 played minutes, Machada FC's Alberto Portugal shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fernando Tinoco came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Machada FC reached it. Machada FC's Rúben Coelho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Ruas in the 94th minute of play. Rúben Coelho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manuel Lencastre in the 95th minute. The Marialva S.C. players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Machada FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.