League Play-Off

Estadio Aveleiras
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Inácio Abrantes started the match with the kick off. Filipe Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristiano Resende's late challenge caught a Aveleiras's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristiano Resende helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th minute, Cristiano Resende hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Afonso Teixeira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abílio Varanda was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. In the 17th minute, Afonso Teixeira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vermoeira fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 20th minute Afonso Teixeira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abílio Varanda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nuno Eanes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filipe Leiria took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abílio Varanda. Abílio Varanda dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Inácio Abrantes in the 31st minute of play forced Vermoeira's goalkeeper Alfredo Santarém to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Aveleiras were awarded a corner. Luís Trigueiro went to the cornerflag to take it. Inácio Abrantes kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Filipe Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Abílio Varanda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filipe Leiria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Aveleiras booed when Vermoeira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afonso Teixeira didn't get a good kick on the ball.

A collision led to Vermoeira getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Diogo Marques hit a great ball. Abílio Varanda acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 64th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Luís Cardoso. Aveleiras's Inácio Abrantes got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Nuno Eanes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Afonso Teixeira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Abílio Varanda read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. Abílio Varanda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Resende in the 81st minute of play. The supporters of Aveleiras booed when Vermoeira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diogo Marques didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 85th minute, Inácio Abrantes made a precise shot to the right of Alfredo Santarém. Vermoeira's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Abílio Varanda made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Filipe Leiria sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th minute Inácio Abrantes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Santarém saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Aveleiras booed when Vermoeira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristiano Resende didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Vermoeira players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Aveleiras from taking control. The game ends in a draw.