League Play-Off

Avo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gil Brás got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of SC Avo booed when Almodovar FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nuno Moniz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sérgio Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by António Pinheiro in the 12th minute of play forced SC Avo's goalkeeper Afonso Anjos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Almodovar FC's Delfim Lopes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Almodovar FC from getting a goal against them. António Pinheiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Afonso Anjos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, SC Avo's Domingos Gueifão got a free kick in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gil Brás in the 31st minute of play forced SC Avo's goalkeeper Afonso Anjos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd match minute, Almodovar FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Valente to maneuver through the defense. Sérgio Nogueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delfim Lopes having to interfere. Afonso Borgess short, quick shot in the 41stth minute got Delfim Lopes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Sérgio Nogueira came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the SC Avo 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 Sérgio Nogueira couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Sérgio Nogueira made the kick off in the second half. Sérgio Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. António Pinheiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. António Pinheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afonso Anjos having to interfere. After 69 played minutes Gil Brás rounded SC Avo's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. In the 72nd minute Gil Brás shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afonso Anjos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th minute, Sérgio Nogueira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Delfim Lopes was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The supporters of SC Avo booed when Almodovar FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nuno Moniz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sérgio Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Gil Brás had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Gil Brás had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 95 minutes, Eduardo Mendes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Avo and the Almodovar FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 96th match minute, SC Avo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Mendes to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, SC Avo's Afonso Anjos got control of the ball when António Pinheiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. SC Avo's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.