League Play-Off

Concavada
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tiago Sousa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Ribeiros FC's Cristiano Ramos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Francisco Valente narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ricardo Leão, 9 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. If Ricardo Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Concavada FC's Francisco Valente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Ramos in the 13th minute of play. Cristiano Ramos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Valente having to interfere. Bernardo Garcia was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tiago Sousa showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 16 minute of play. In the 20th minute, Cristiano Ramos 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. After 23 minutes, Filipe Santarém mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Concavada FC and the Ribeiros FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Ribeiros FC booed when Concavada FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filipe Santarém didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sérgio Baptista kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. After 28 played minutes Concavada FC got a freekick which was hit by Sérgio Baptista. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Amorim in the 30th minute of play forced Concavada FC's goalkeeper Francisco Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Armando Amorim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francisco Valente was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. 34 minutes into the game, Armando Amorim cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Francisco Valente was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ricardo Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Bernardo Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristiano Ramos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Valente having to interfere. Armando Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Amorim in the 48th minute of play forced Concavada FC's goalkeeper Francisco Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Armando Amorim stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nuno Ferro hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Tiago Sousa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardo Garcia having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tiago Sousa in the 59th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bernardo Garcia saved Ribeiros FC from getting behind. After 61 played minutes Concavada FC got a freekick which was hit by Ricardo Leão. Armando Amorim might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Francisco Valente. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Armando Amorim ran back to his position shaking his head. Cristiano Ramos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Francisco Valente made a huge save. Armando Amorim in the 70thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Francisco Valente, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Armando Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tiago Sousa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Bernardo Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 83 minutes, Ricardo Esteves managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Concavada FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Esteves was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ribeiros FC's Bernardo Garcia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiago Sousa in the 89th minute of play. Ricardo Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardo Garcia having to interfere. Ribeiros FC's Bernardo Garcia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Esteves in the 94th minute of play. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.