League Play-Off

Lions Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Henrique Fonseca made the kick off and thus started the match. André Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique Fonseca in the 5th minute of play. Filipe Pinto hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. With his leg André Almeida managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when AKXE MADUREIRA's Henrique Fonseca fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. João Castro struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Mariano Esteves didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Porca FC. 14 minutes into the match, AKXE MADUREIRA's goal looked a bit too open when João Castro came free, but Mariano Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filipe Pinto might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mariano Esteves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filipe Pinto ran back to his position shaking his head. When Henrique Fonseca came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the AKXE MADUREIRA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Henrique Fonseca couldn't finish the play. Henrique Fonseca charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Henrique Fonseca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Henrique Fonseca hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the match, João Castro notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of AKXE MADUREIRA's Mariano Esteves. Mariano Esteves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 35 minutes of play, Porca FC's Jorge Santos made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mariano Esteves was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Henrique Fonseca got free with André Almeida in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 40 minutes into the match, AKXE MADUREIRA's goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Santos came free, but Mariano Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aldo Coelho might have been able to make a better finish in the 45th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over André Almeida. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aldo Coelho ran back to his position shaking his head.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for João Castro to strike the kick off in the second half. Mariano Esteves made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Jorge Santos sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorge Santos got free with Mariano Esteves in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Henrique Fonseca struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. André Almeida didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AKXE MADUREIRA. Mariano Esteves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Santos in the 59th minute. Mariano Esteves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Santos in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute João Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mariano Esteves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mariano Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute, João Castro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mariano Esteves. The goal made the score 0-4. Matias Gonçalves hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. If Henrique Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 82 minutes into the game, AKXE MADUREIRA's Henrique Fonseca nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. André Almeida made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorge Santos got free with Mariano Esteves in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Castro in the 95th minute of play forced AKXE MADUREIRA's goalkeeper Mariano Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.