League Play-Off

Foia
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vasco Vale made the kick off and thus started the match. Foia FC's Vicente Fontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rui Silva in the 4th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Ricardo Alves notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Foia FC's Vicente Fontes. Vicente Fontes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Alcofra's zone, Vasco Vale stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Amílcar Matos came out of the goal and Vasco Vale tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vicente Fontes didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Alcofra's José Matos shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. After a defensive mix-up in Alcofra's zone, Hélder Gaspar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Amílcar Matos came out of the goal and Hélder Gaspar 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 Vasco Vale in the 27th minute of play forced Alcofra's goalkeeper Amílcar Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vasco Vale received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Amílcar Matos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vicente Fontes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Matos in the 35th minute of the match. Ricardo Alves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ricardo Alves recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 43 minutes of play, Alcofra's Ricardo Alves made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vicente Fontes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ricardo Alves to make the kick off. José Matos hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Hélder Gaspar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vasco Vale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amílcar Matos having to interfere. Amílcar Matos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hélder Gaspar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the match, José Matos notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Foia FC's Vicente Fontes. Vicente Fontes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vicente Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Alves in the 75th minute of play. After 75 minutes, Emanuel Cardoso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Foia FC and the Alcofra players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Foia FC's Emanuel Cardoso got a free kick in the 75th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Ricardo Alves kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vicente Fontes. That made the score 0-7 in the 83 minute of play. If Ricardo Alves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alcofra's Gabriel Jesus shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 95th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Vicente Fontes but with some difficulty. When the final whistle sounded Alcofra left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Foia FC.