League Play-Off

Estadio Roussas
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Cristóvão Martins started the match with the kick off. Diamantino Fontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristóvão Martins in the 4th minute of the match. Lucas Reis's late challenge caught a SC Roussas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucas Reis helped the player get up and apologised. Delfim Dias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Moutinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute Cristóvão Martins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diamantino Fontes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristóvão Coimbra 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. If Cristóvão Coimbra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Diamantino Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristóvão Martins in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristóvão Martins in the 21st minute of play forced Santarem FC's goalkeeper Diamantino Fontes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Cristóvão Coimbra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pedro Moutinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delfim Dias having to interfere. Diamantino Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristóvão Martins in the 29th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Santarem FC's André Moniz got a free kick in the 30th minute. After 31 played minutes Santarem FC got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Reis. Cristóvão Coimbra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 37 minutes, Cristóvão Coimbra made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Santarem FC's Diamantino Fontes tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Pedro Moutinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Delfim Dias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Artur Figueiredo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Artur Figueiredo made the kick off in the second half. Delfim Dias made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Artur Figueiredo sent off a good shot on target. Delfim Barbosa's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Delfim Dias firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Cristóvão Martins managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Roussas's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristóvão Martins was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Diamantino Fontes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Pedro Moutinho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santarem FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Moutinho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Delfim Dias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Artur Figueiredo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67th match minute, SC Roussas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amadeu Esteves to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute, Cristóvão Martins 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 audience was convinced that Artur Figueiredo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Delfim Dias was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 88th minute, Cristóvão Martins 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. Diamantino Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristóvão Martins in the 90th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Coimbra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Diamantino Fontes. Santarem FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristóvão Coimbra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Santarem FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.