League Play-Off

Folgosinho
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fernando Esteves took the kick off in the first half of the match. When SC Folgosinho's Fernando Esteves in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ourem FC's goalie prevented a goal. SC Folgosinho's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Filipe Antunes in the 5th minute. The corner ended in Filipe Antunes almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ourem FC's Rodrigo Fonseca did a great save. 7 minutes into the match, SC Folgosinho's goal looked a bit too open when Vítor Paredes came free, but Cristóvão Baptista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Bernardo Pinto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristóvão Baptista. SC Folgosinho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernardo Pinto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Rodrigo Fonseca made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Paulo Lopes sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vítor Paredes in the 32nd minute of play forced SC Folgosinho's goalkeeper Cristóvão Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristóvão Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Domingues in the 42nd minute of the match. Vítor Paredes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Cristóvão Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rafael Domingues stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cristóvão Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Domingues in the 52nd minute of the match. Ourem FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eusébio Guarda in the 61st minute. The corner led to Ourem FC's Afonso Matias getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Rafael Domingues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Dantas charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Dantas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 66 played minutes Ourem FC got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Dantas. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alfredo Garcia during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 67 minutes into the game, one of Ourem FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vítor Paredes in the 71st minute of play forced SC Folgosinho's goalkeeper Cristóvão Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in SC Folgosinho's zone, Rafael Domingues stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristóvão Baptista came out of the goal and Rafael Domingues tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 75 minutes into the match, Ourem FC's Rafael Domingues sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cristóvão Baptista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paulo Lopes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodrigo Fonseca having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Vítor Paredes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristóvão Baptista was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 90th minute, Pedro Dantas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulo Lopes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Dantas hit a great freekick 98 minutes into the match. Rodrigo Fonseca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Lopes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.