League Play-Off

Estadio Albarraque
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eduardo Cardoso kicked off to start the match. Pedro Faria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simão Cardoso in the 9th minute of play. Augusto Delgado's late challenge caught a Albarraque's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Augusto Delgado helped the player get up and apologised. After 9 played minutes SC Fonteita got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Delgado. João Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Porto in the 14th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, João Coimbra 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. João Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Cardoso in the 30th minute of play. Cristiano Gueifão hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Fernando Porto managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Fonteita's supporters rose to their feet, but Fernando Porto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. João Amaral breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. João Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Porto, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Eduardo Cardoso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Porto in the 44th minute of play forced Albarraque's goalkeeper João Amaral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Simão Cardoso made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Albarraque were awarded a corner. Cândido Paiva went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Albarraque's corner Cândido Paiva fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pedro Faria quite easily take care of the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Albarraque's goalkeeper João Amaral had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fernando Porto. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fernando Porto got free with João Amaral in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 63 minutes into the match, Albarraque's goalkeeper João Amaral had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fernando Porto. João Amaral made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernando Porto in the 65th minute. In the 79th minute, Fernando Porto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Fonteita fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. João Amaral made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Fernando Porto sent off a good shot on target. In the 84th minute, Bernardo Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Albarraque's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rui Carneiro was slow to take the kick. During this time SC Fonteita's players had a chance to rest. The corner led SC Fonteita's Rui Carneiro to fire away a dangerous shot which João Amaral despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 88th match minute, Albarraque was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardo Almeida to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes in the game, Eduardo Cardoso fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without João Amaral having to interfere. The SC Fonteita players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Albarraque from taking control. The game ends in a draw.