League Play-Off

Estádio Plataform
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Valente SC's Sandro Fonseca 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. Tadeu Moura hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Diego Lopes was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 5th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Dedé Machado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Valente SC's Gonçalo Salgado got control of the ball when Leonardo Campidelis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dedé Machado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Francisco Guimarães in the 16th minute of play forced Valente SC's goalkeeper Gonçalo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Gustavo Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Berger in the 17th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the game, Emanuel Berger cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Luiz Gustavo Sena was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 23rd minute, Sandro Fonseca 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. Luiz Gustavo Sena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Berger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th match minute, Geman E.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sílvio Luís Almeida to maneuver through the defense. Emanuel Berger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Gustavo Sena having to interfere. Luiz Gustavo Sena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sandro Fonseca in the 30th minute of play. Luiz Gustavo Sena didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Valente SC's Emanuel Berger shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sandro Fonseca in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luiz Gustavo Sena saved Geman E.C. from getting behind. Chicão Carvalho's late challenge caught a Geman E.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Chicão Carvalho helped the player get up and apologised. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Dedé Machado made the kick off in the second half. Dedé Machado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Gonçalo Salgado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 57 minutes, Dedé Machado managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Geman E.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Dedé Machado was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. João Francisco Guimarães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Gonçalo Salgado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luiz Gustavo Sena made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Emanuel Berger sent off a good shot on target. Sandro Fonseca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Luiz Gustavo Sena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 66 minutes into the match, João Francisco Guimarães had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gonçalo Salgado. Valente SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that João Francisco Guimarães was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Gonçalo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Francisco Guimarães in the 69th minute of the match. When Emanuel Berger came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Valente SC 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 Emanuel Berger couldn't finish the play. Gonçalo Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Francisco Guimarães, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dedé Machado might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gonçalo Salgado. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dedé Machado ran back to his position shaking his head. Gonçalo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Francisco Guimarães in the 82nd minute of the match. After 86 minutes, Tadeu Moura mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valente SC and the Geman E.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Geman E.C. booed when Valente SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeu Moura didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gonçalo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Francisco Guimarães in the 90th minute of the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.