League Play-Off

Estadio Linho
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Álvaro Pedroso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raul Jesus was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Álvaro Pedroso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raul Jesus was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Humberto Fonseca scored 0-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Raul Jesus, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Varges's zone, Gil Moura stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hélder Martins came out of the goal and Gil Moura tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Armindo Viana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Hélder Martins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 16 minutes of play, Varges's Humberto Fonseca made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raul Jesus was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Armindo Viana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Humberto Gonçalves charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Humberto Gonçalves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hélder Martins came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Linho's Armindo Viana. But to his dismay, Armindo Viana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Álvaro Pedroso might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raul Jesus. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Álvaro Pedroso ran back to his position shaking his head. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gil Moura to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Humberto Fonseca put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Raul Jesus. Raul Jesus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Álvaro Pedroso, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Hélder Martins took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gil Moura, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Humberto Fonseca managed to get in a good position for a shot. Varges's supporters rose to their feet, but Humberto Fonseca was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raul Jesus breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Gil Moura managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Linho's supporters rose to their feet, but Gil Moura was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hélder Martins breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Armindo Viana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Hélder Martins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Raul Jesus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Álvaro Pedroso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Raul Jesus came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Varges's Humberto Fonseca. But to his dismay, Humberto Fonseca quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. After having played for 94 minutes, Álvaro Pedroso managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Varges's supporters crossed their fingers, but Álvaro Pedroso was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Varges's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.