League Play-Off

Serzedo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Amadeu Bessa got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Vítor Vasques mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Freixedinha FC and the Serzedo FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Freixedinha FC's Vítor Vasques got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Gastão Laureano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Gervásio Moreira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gastão Laureano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervásio Moreira having to interfere. Gervásio Moreira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeu Bessa, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After having played for 11 minutes, Gastão Laureano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Serzedo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gastão Laureano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 12 minutes into the match, Freixedinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Amadeu Bessa came free, but Gervásio Moreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gervásio Moreira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amadeu Bessa in the 14th minute of the match. If Amadeu Bessa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gastão Laureano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gervásio Moreira having to make a save. Amadeu Bessa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Gervásio Moreira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Freixedinha FC's zone, Amadeu Bessa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gervásio Moreira came out of the goal and Amadeu Bessa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jaime Telinhos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gervásio Moreira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeu Bessa, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amadeu Bessa in the 31st minute of play forced Freixedinha FC's goalkeeper Gervásio Moreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amadeu Bessa in the 33rd minute of play forced Freixedinha FC's goalkeeper Gervásio Moreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gervásio Moreira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amadeu Bessa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amadeu Bessa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amável Macena to make the kick off. Gervásio Moreira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amadeu Bessa in the 51st minute of the match. Freixedinha FC's Gervásio Moreira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gastão Laureano in the 53rd minute of play. Gervásio Moreira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amadeu Bessa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gastão Laureano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alcides Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amável Macena, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 68 minutes into the match, Freixedinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Amadeu Bessa came free, but Gervásio Moreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, Quintino Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gervásio Moreira. Freixedinha FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Quintino Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Gervásio Moreira came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Serzedo FC's Amadeu Bessa. But to his dismay, Amadeu Bessa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. The audience was convinced that Amadeu Bessa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gervásio Moreira was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Amadeu Bessa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervásio Moreira having to interfere. In the 88th minute Gastão Laureano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gervásio Moreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the game, Serzedo FC's Amadeu Bessa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gervásio Moreira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Amadeu Bessa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervásio Moreira having to interfere. Gervásio Moreira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gastão Laureano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.