League Play-Off

Estadio Leiradas
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Luís Esteves made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Leiradas FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Américo Lisboa hit a great ball. Nuno Cardoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Esteves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 14 minutes of play Leiradas FC's Américo Lisboa was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Fernando Amaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Leiradas FC defense, Luís Esteves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nuno Cardoso. The Leiradas FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nuno Cardoso should have stopped the shot. After 22 minutes of play, Campos FC's Luís Esteves made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nuno Cardoso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Paulo Brás fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno Cardoso having to interfere. Fernando Amaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Campos FC's Paulo Esteves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Campos FC from getting a goal against them. David Oliveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Paulo Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fernando Amaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 34th match minute, Leiradas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristiano Morais to maneuver through the defense. If Carlos Matias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paulo Esteves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eusébio Barros in the 44th minute. If David Oliveira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

In the 52nd match minute, Leiradas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristiano Morais to maneuver through the defense. When Basílio Aguiar fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Campos FC's protests and gave Basílio Aguiar a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Campos FC's Basílio Aguiar got a free kick in the 54th minute. When Cristiano Morais came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Leiradas FC 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 Cristiano Morais couldn't finish the play. Eusébio Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Paulo Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulo Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Morais, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. If Luís Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luís Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno Cardoso having to interfere. Luís Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 88 minutes, Eusébio Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leiradas FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eusébio Barros was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fernando Amaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno Cardoso having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Luís Esteves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nuno Cardoso was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Campos FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.