League Play-Off

Felgueiras
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexandre Ribeiro got the match started through his kick off. When Alvarinhos's Cristóvão Carneiro in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Felgueiras FC's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 8 minutes, Cristiano Gomes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Felgueiras FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristiano Gomes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 15 played minutes, Felgueiras FC's Carlos Pires shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Raul Macedo 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 Felgueiras FC reached it. 15 minutes into the game, Xavier Ferreira was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alvarinhos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Felgueiras FC the free kick. After 15 played minutes Alvarinhos got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Ferreira. Felgueiras FC's Alexandre Ribeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 23 minutes, Gaspar Freitas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alvarinhos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gaspar Freitas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gaspar Freitas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Sérgio Torres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39th minute, Cristiano Gomes 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. In the 41st minute, Cristiano Gomes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raul Macedo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gaspar Freitas to make the kick off. Xavier Ferreira kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Cristiano Gomes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raul Macedo having to interfere. 55 minutes into the match, Alexandre Ribeiro notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Alvarinhos's Raul Macedo. Raul Macedo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Raul Macedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristiano Gomes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lucas Vieira kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristóvão Carneiro in the 67th minute of play forced Felgueiras FC's goalkeeper Sérgio Torres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rdth minute of the game Alexandre Ribeiro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alvarinhos's Raul Macedo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Gaspar Freitas fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alvarinhos's protests and gave Gaspar Freitas a yellow card for diving instead. Gaspar Freitas hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Carlos Pires was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 80th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Raul Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. If Cristiano Gomes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 87 minutes into the match, Cristiano Gomes notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Alvarinhos's Raul Macedo. Raul Macedo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alexandre Ribeiro hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Felgueiras FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.