League Play-Off

Rabalde
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Filipe Simões made the kick off which started today's match. Filipe Simões received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. João Setúbal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Hugo Magalhães managed to get in a good position for a shot. Branqueira's supporters rose to their feet, but Hugo Magalhães was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gonçalo Resende breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gonçalo Resende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Magalhães in the 7th minute of the match. In the 17th play minute Miguel Leiria came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised João Setúbal. 1-0. Gonçalo Resende made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Magalhães in the 23rd minute of play. Gonçalo Resende took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Alberto Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonçalo Resende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rabalde FC's Filipe Simões got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gonçalo Resende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Magalhães in the 42nd minute of the match. Miguel Leiria succeeded in the game's 43rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. João Setúbal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miguel Leiria in the 48th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alberto Barros made a kick off. Miguel Rodrigues's late challenge caught a Branqueira's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miguel Rodrigues helped the player get up and apologised. Miguel Rodrigues hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. If Hugo Magalhães had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Alberto Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st minute Alberto Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonçalo Resende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, one of Branqueira:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Branqueira. João Setúbal came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Rabalde FC's Sandro Assis. But to his dismay, Sandro Assis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. If Filipe Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute, Cristóvão Gueifão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. João Setúbal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipe Simões, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Gonçalo Resende made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Hugo Magalhães sent off a good shot on target. Miguel Leiria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Setúbal having to interfere. Miguel Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute, Filipe Simões 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. Miguel Leiria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. João Setúbal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 minutes of play, Rabalde FC's Miguel Leiria made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. João Setúbal was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee ended the match the Rabalde FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.