League Play-Off

Estadio Atadoa
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Bernardo Santarém fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Miranda having to interfere. A collision led to Machada FC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Nuno Ribeiro hit a great ball. Nuno Ribeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 11th minute by Bernardo Santarém got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 12 minutes into the game, Artur Lopes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Machada FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SC Atadoa the free kick. Artur Lopes kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Bernardo Santarém left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Atadoa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Lúcio Faria managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Atadoa's supporters rose to their feet, but Lúcio Faria was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Daniel Miranda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Bernardo Santarém managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Atadoa's supporters rose to their feet, but Bernardo Santarém was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Daniel Miranda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Artur Lopes was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 30 minutes had been played. In the 31st match minute, Machada FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Lopes to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes into the game, Bernardo Amaral was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Atadoa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Machada FC the free kick. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Atadoa's goalkeeper Emanuel Oliveira, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If João Leiria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 43 played minutes SC Atadoa got a freekick which was hit by Filipe Brás. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lúcio Faria in the 48th minute of play forced Machada FC's goalkeeper Daniel Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lúcio Faria was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of SC Atadoa booed when Machada FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bento Lima didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniel Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lúcio Faria, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Vicente Moura's late challenge caught a SC Atadoa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vicente Moura helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Machada FC's Vicente Moura got a free kick in the 58th minute. The audience held their breath when Bernardo Amaral in the 60th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Daniel Miranda's left hand side. Rui Paredes charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rui Paredes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. João Leiria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Emanuel Oliveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vicente Barbosa missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 76 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Daniel Miranda right hand side. After 82 played minutes Machada FC got a freekick which was hit by Nuno Ribeiro. Lúcio Faria scored 3-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Daniel Miranda, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 92nd minute Lúcio Faria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Miranda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. João Leiria came free with the goalkeeper in the 94th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Emanuel Oliveira could save by the left post. After some careless play in the Machada FC defense, Bernardo Santarém kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daniel Miranda. The Machada FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daniel Miranda should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SC Atadoa had won after a very even match.