League Play-Off

Estadio Gralhas
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) SC Gralhas's Luís Assis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If André Marques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Manuel Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 19th minute Gaspar Pinheiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Lisboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henrique Guerreiro hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in SC Gralhas fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 20th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Bujos a penalty, 22 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Xavier Moreira, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SC Gralhas's Fernando Lisboa. 0-1. After 24 minutes, Alfredo Morais mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Gralhas and the Bujos players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 24th match minute, SC Gralhas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredo Morais to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute, Manuel Castro made a precise shot to the right of Fernando Lisboa. SC Gralhas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Francisco Mota hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. SC Gralhas's Alfredo Morais got his second yellow card of the match in the 33rd minute. The referee ordered Alfredo Morais off the ground. In the 33rd minute, Alfredo Morais hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SC Gralhas's Fernando Lisboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André Marques in the 36th minute of play. Fernando Lisboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manuel Castro in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fernando Lisboa saved SC Gralhas from getting behind. 42 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Bujos's André Marques fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Fernando Lisboa came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Bujos's Manuel Castro. But to his dismay, Manuel Castro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for André Marques to strike the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes, Bruno Azevedo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Gralhas and the Bujos players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bruno Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd minute of the match Xavier Moreira shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fernando Lisboa showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Manuel Castro notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of SC Gralhas's Fernando Lisboa. Fernando Lisboa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Luís Assis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fernando Lisboa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manuel Castro in the 61st minute. After taking down the ball on Bujos's corner Daniel Barros fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fernando Lisboa quite easily take care of the ball. If André Marques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 67 minutes into the match, SC Gralhas's goal looked a bit too open when André Marques came free, but Fernando Lisboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. André Marques might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fernando Lisboa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. André Marques ran back to his position shaking his head. Manuel Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Lisboa having to interfere. If André Marques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Marques in the 76th minute of play forced SC Gralhas's goalkeeper Fernando Lisboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. André Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd match minute, SC Gralhas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henrique Guerreiro to maneuver through the defense. Hugo Paredes came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Gralhas's Lourenço Vale. But to his dismay, Lourenço Vale quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. André Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Manuel Castro came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Bujos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Manuel Castro couldn't finish the play. Manuel Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Fernando Lisboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bujos played a much better game than SC Gralhas and deserved their victory. The SC Gralhas players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.