League Play-Off

Anais
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Gioes's Afonso Carvalho started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nuno Guarda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Vasco Soares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Alexandre Melo managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Anais's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexandre Melo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vasco Soares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nuno Guarda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Gioes's zone, Alexandre Melo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vasco Soares came out of the goal and Alexandre Melo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luís Araújo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Cruz having to interfere. Alexandre Melo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vasco Soares having to interfere. In the 36th minute Afonso Carvalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filipe Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Araújo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Cruz having to interfere.

The wind increased when Alexandre Melo made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Gioes's zone, Alexandre Melo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vasco Soares came out of the goal and Alexandre Melo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 55th match minute, Gioes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Inácio Lopes to maneuver through the defense. 61 minutes into the game, SC Anais's Alexandre Melo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vasco Soares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. In the 64th minute, Nuno Guarda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vasco Soares was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Afonso Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nuno Guarda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Melo in the 77th minute of play forced Gioes's goalkeeper Vasco Soares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vasco Soares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Guarda, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Alexandre Melo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vasco Soares was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Filipe Cruz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Araújo went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Luís Araújo hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Alexandre Melo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vasco Soares having to make a save. In the 93rd minute, Nuno Guarda 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. SC Anais's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.