League Play-Off

Estadio Raposo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristiano Brito took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cristiano Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Alexandre Vaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Raposo's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Matias came free, but Tomás Vieira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eusébio Rodrigues's late challenge caught a Pinho FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eusébio Rodrigues helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd minute, Artur Branco 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. Hugo Maia hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Raposo's zone, Jaime Matias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tomás Vieira came out of the goal and Jaime Matias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Branco in the 39th minute of play forced Raposo's goalkeeper Tomás Vieira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Raposo's Eusébio Rodrigues got a free kick in the 39th minute. Jaime Matias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomás Vieira having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Raposo's Hugo Maia got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Alexandre Vaz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristóvão Figueiredo in the 44th minute. After 46 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Pinho FC! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Artur Branco to make the kick off. Cristóvão Figueiredo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexandre Vaz having to interfere. Raposo's Cristiano Brito pulled a muscle in his back after 78 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 78 minutes, Paulo Gaspar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pinho FC and the Raposo players grew even worse after the yellow card. 77 minutes into the game, one of Pinho FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 84 played minutes Raposo got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Maia. Raposo's Tomás Vieira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Branco in the 85th minute of play. With his leg Tomás Vieira managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Pinho FC's Jaime Matias fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Artur Branco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.