League Play-Off

Vila Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bento Andrade made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the game, SC Souto's Bento Andrade nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tiago Damásio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Tiago Damásio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipe Fernandes, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Leões de Vila de Rei's attack was well implemented in the 12th minute, but when Januário Viveiros was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. A collision led to SC Souto getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Filipe Fernandes hit a great ball. Januário Viveiros in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of António Leal, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 15 minutes into the match, Leões de Vila de Rei's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim Santarém came free, but Tiago Damásio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bento Andrade in the 17th minute of play forced Leões de Vila de Rei's goalkeeper Tiago Damásio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 played minutes, SC Souto's Cristiano Teixeira shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tiago Damásio 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 SC Souto reached it. António Leal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Januário Viveiros's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Bruno Bombardeiro 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. If Edgar Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Januário Viveiros struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. António Leal didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leões de Vila de Rei. Tiago Damásio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bento Andrade, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. António Leal made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when George Best sent off a good shot on target. If George Best had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Bombardeiro in the 46th minute of play forced SC Souto's goalkeeper António Leal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Bento Andrade had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tiago Damásio. Leões de Vila de Rei's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bento Andrade was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Januário Viveiros made a kick off. António Leal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Januário Viveiros in the 57th minute of the match. António Leal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Bombardeiro in the 59th minute of play. After 61 played minutes SC Souto got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Cunha. Emanuel Coimbra's late challenge caught a SC Souto's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emanuel Coimbra helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Leões de Vila de Rei getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Emanuel Coimbra hit a great ball. In the 68thth minute of the game Januário Viveiros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Souto's António Leal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 74th minute Joaquim Santarém shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiago Damásio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tiago Damásio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim Santarém in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Januário Viveiros in the 80th minute of play forced SC Souto's goalkeeper António Leal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afonso Magalhães took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 85th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tiago Damásio. Leões de Vila de Rei's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 86th minute by Bento Andrade got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Leões de Vila de Rei's Tiago Damásio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bento Andrade in the 88th minute of play. Edgar Cunha struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. António Leal didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leões de Vila de Rei. If Edgar Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.