League Play-Off

Vaqueira
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) SC Alcaravela's Pedro Rodrigues started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Paulo Monteiro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 4th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for David Esteves. SC Vaqueira's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ricardo Aleixo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. David Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Pedro Rodrigues made a precise shot to the right of David Esteves. SC Vaqueira's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. David Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Aleixo, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Miguel Leiria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Joaquim Matias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When David Sousa came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the SC Vaqueira 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 David Sousa couldn't finish the play. In the 21st match minute, SC Alcaravela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vítor Assis to maneuver through the defense. SC Vaqueira's Jacinto Miranda couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for SC Alcaravela. With his leg Joaquim Matias managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when SC Vaqueira's Miguel Leiria fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 26th minute Vítor Assis suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. When Jacinto Miranda fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Vaqueira's protests and gave Jacinto Miranda a yellow card for diving instead. In the 27th minute, Jacinto Miranda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Aleixo in the 29th minute of play forced SC Vaqueira's goalkeeper David Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Joaquim Matias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Joaquim Matias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miguel Leiria in the 42nd minute. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when David Sousa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Ricardo Aleixo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ricardo Aleixo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Miguel Leiria succeeded in the game's 56th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. If Miguel Leiria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. SC Vaqueira's David Esteves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save SC Vaqueira from getting a goal against them. Joaquim Matias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Sousa in the 70th minute of the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in SC Alcaravela fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 72nd minute. Penalty! Joaquim Matias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Sousa in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Sousa in the 80th minute of play forced SC Alcaravela's goalkeeper Joaquim Matias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Leiria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Joaquim Matias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, David Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Vaqueira's supporters rose to their feet, but David Sousa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joaquim Matias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joaquim Matias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Sousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SC Vaqueira were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of SC Alcaravela for a fine match.