League Play-Off

Rebolo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Humberto Lima made the kick off and thus started the match. After 3 minutes of play, SC Atenor's Domingos Vale made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Domingos Simões was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 8 played minutes, SC Atenor's Cristiano Carvalho shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Domingos Simões came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SC Atenor reached it. In the 9th match minute, SC Rebolo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rogério Aguiar to maneuver through the defense. Vítor Macedo, 11 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. In the 15th minute of the match Delfim Lisboa sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Domingos Simões skillfully saved the ball. In the 16th minute Domingos Vale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingos Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rui Lima made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Nuno Nascimento sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 23 minutes, Humberto Lima managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Atenor's supporters crossed their fingers, but Humberto Lima was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 24 minutes, Rogério Aguiar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Rebolo and the SC Atenor players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, SC Rebolo's Rogério Aguiar got a free kick in the 24th minute. When SC Atenor's Humberto Lima in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SC Rebolo's goalie prevented a goal. Domingos Vale's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Domingos Simões read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Nuno Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Lima having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Delfim Lisboa during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 36th minute of the game. One of SC Atenor:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SC Rebolo:s goal. In the 38th minute there was a penalty for SC Rebolo. Carlos Borba stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Rui Lima. 1-1. Miguel Paiva's late challenge caught a SC Rebolo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miguel Paiva helped the player get up and apologised. Carlos Borba, 43 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Júlio Alves made a kick off. Rui Lima showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Júlio Alves, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. If Miguel Paiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rui Lima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júlio Alves in the 57th minute of the match. Rui Lima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júlio Alves in the 62nd minute of play. SC Rebolo's Domingos Simões proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save SC Rebolo from getting a goal against them. In the 68th minute Humberto Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingos Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to SC Rebolo getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Heitor Antunes hit a great ball. Domingos Vale sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 74 played minutes SC Atenor got a freekick which was hit by Vítor Macedo. After 76 minutes of play SC Atenor's Miguel Paiva was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Miguel Paiva kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. SC Rebolo's Vítor Brito pulled a muscle in his back after 85 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 85 minutes into the game, Bernardo Silva was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Atenor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SC Rebolo the free kick. The supporters of SC Rebolo booed when SC Atenor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardo Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nuno Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Lima having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, Nuno Nascimento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rui Lima. SC Atenor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nuno Nascimento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SC Rebolo had won after a very even match.