League Play-Off

Pombaria
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) António Brandão made the kick off and thus started the match. António Brandão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Jacinto Nascimento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manuel Pereira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 13th minute, António Brandão ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacinto Nascimento was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Hamilton Fontoura struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Jacinto Nascimento didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Sabugueiro. An unexpectedly hard shot by António Brandão in the 18th minute of play forced SC Pombaria's goalkeeper Jacinto Nascimento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bruno Lopes during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 21st minute, Bruno Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the SC Pombaria defense, António Brandão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacinto Nascimento. The SC Pombaria fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacinto Nascimento should have stopped the shot. Manuel Pereira might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adélio Vaz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Manuel Pereira ran back to his position shaking his head. If António Brandão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the SC Pombaria defense, António Brandão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacinto Nascimento. The SC Pombaria fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacinto Nascimento should have stopped the shot. In the 41st minute, Manuel Pereira 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. Dimas Calheiros hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. In the 43rd minute, Manuel Pereira 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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bruno Lopes to make the kick off. SC Pombaria's Jacinto Nascimento proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save SC Pombaria from getting a goal against them. In the 54th minute, Paulo Paiva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. António Brandão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jacinto Nascimento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Cristiano Rodrigues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Lopes in the 61st minute of play forced SC Sabugueiro's goalkeeper Adélio Vaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd match minute, SC Pombaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Humberto Cardoso to maneuver through the defense. Hamilton Fontoura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacinto Nascimento having to interfere. A collision led to SC Sabugueiro getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Dimas Calheiros hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in SC Sabugueiro's zone, Bruno Lopes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adélio Vaz came out of the goal and Bruno Lopes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Adriano Amado's late challenge caught a SC Pombaria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adriano Amado helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th match minute, SC Sabugueiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adriano Amado to maneuver through the defense. If Bruno Lopes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 95 minutes into the match, SC Sabugueiro's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Lopes came free, but Adélio Vaz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. SC Sabugueiro's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.