League Play-Off

Estadio Alferce
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After some careless play in the Alferce defense, Rafael Figueiredo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Pinto. The Alferce fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Pinto should have stopped the shot. Rafael Figueiredo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Pinto having to interfere. Lourenço Moniz charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lourenço Moniz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14th minute, Lourenço Moniz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vítor Magalhães, 15 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. António Santarém's late challenge caught a Maxiaes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. António Santarém helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 17th minute of the game. One of Alferce:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Maxiaes:s goal. Rafael Pires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from António Santarém in the 29th minute of the match. Jorge Nascimento kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. The supporters of Alferce booed when Maxiaes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Campos didn't get a good kick on the ball. A nice corner shot did that António Santarém got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rafael Pires quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Figueiredo in the 39th minute of play forced Alferce's goalkeeper David Pinto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rafael Pires showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Branco, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute.

With his leg David Pinto managed to avoid a goal in the 51stth minute, when Maxiaes's Nuno Dantas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Joel Branco might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rafael Pires. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Branco ran back to his position shaking his head. Abel Rodrigues took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rafael Pires. Maxiaes's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Joel Branco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Rafael Pires tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rafael Figueiredo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Pinto having to interfere. Miguel Figueiredo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafael Pires having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Maxiaes's Jorge Nascimento got a free kick in the 76th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Maxiaes's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Branco came free, but Rafael Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Maxiaes's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Branco came free, but Rafael Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Miguel Figueiredo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Alferce getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Duarte Nunes hit a great ball. David Pinto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Figueiredo in the 87th minute of the match. Alferce were furious when Mariano Sá was red carded, 95 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 95 minutes into the game, one of Alferce:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Maxiaes a penalty, 98 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Vítor Magalhães, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Alferce's David Pinto. 0-3. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Maxiaes had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.