League Play-Off

Amiozinho
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cândido Ribeiro took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Minhotais's Rui Domingues got a free kick in the 8th minute. Nuno Bessa's late challenge caught a Minhotais's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nuno Bessa helped the player get up and apologised. 15 minutes into the game, one of Amiozinho FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Minhotais a penalty, 17 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jaime Dantas, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Amiozinho FC's Vicente Coimbra. 1-1. After having played for 26 minutes, Cândido Ribeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Minhotais's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cândido Ribeiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Jorge Domingues came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Amiozinho FC 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 Jorge Domingues couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Amiozinho FC booed when Minhotais was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rui Domingues didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jorge Domingues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 37 minutes into the match, Minhotais's goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Domingues came free, but Rui Pinho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Minhotais getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Manuel Borges hit a great ball. Nuno Bessa was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 40th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jorge Domingues was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Jorge Domingues left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Amiozinho FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 57 minutes into the game, Júlio Assis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Vicente Coimbra was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jorge Domingues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Pinho having to interfere. Minhotais's Rui Pinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo Coelho in the 62nd minute of play. Vicente Coimbra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cândido Ribeiro in the 65th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 68th minute of the game. One of Amiozinho FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Minhotais:s goal. In the 69th minute there was a penalty for Minhotais. Jaime Dantas stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Vicente Coimbra. 2-3. Paulo Coelho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Júlio Assis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vicente Coimbra having to interfere. 83 minutes into the match, Jorge Domingues notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Minhotais's Rui Pinho. Rui Pinho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Paulo Coelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rui Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Coelho in the 90th minute of the match. Jorge Vale charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jorge Vale the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Amiozinho FC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Cândido Bessa hit a great ball. In the 96th minute of the match Jaime Dantas shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vicente Coimbra showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 98 minutes, Armando Garcia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Amiozinho FC and the Minhotais players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Júlio Assis got free with Vicente Coimbra in the 99th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.