League Play-Off

Candoso
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) If Emílio Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Emílio Cunha came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Candoso 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 Emílio Cunha couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, SC Linho's Armindo Viana got a free kick in the 10th minute. Artur Bessa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armindo Viana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Linho's goalkeeper Raul Jesus, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. SC Linho's Raul Jesus proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save SC Linho from getting a goal against them. 32 minutes into the match, Gil Moura had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Artur Bessa. Candoso's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gil Moura was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Emílio Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Armindo Viana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Armindo Viana might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Artur Bessa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Armindo Viana ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet as Candoso's Emílio Cunha slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Raul Jesus. That made the score 1-1 after 44 minutes of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gil Moura stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. António Garcia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raul Jesus having to interfere. In the 66thth minute of the game Gil Moura who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Candoso's Artur Bessa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Candoso fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 77th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Artur Bessa, was totally fooled by SC Linho's Eusébio Torres, who 78 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gil Moura in the 83rd minute of play forced Candoso's goalkeeper Artur Bessa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rogério Correia hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 89 minutes into the match, SC Linho's goal looked a bit too open when Emílio Cunha came free, but Raul Jesus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st match minute, SC Linho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Humberto Gonçalves to maneuver through the defense. Emílio Cunha took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Raul Jesus. Raul Jesus dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.