League Play-Off

Merelhe
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Adelino Porto charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adelino Porto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th minute, Adelino Porto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Afonso Porto took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Joaquim Cabral to make any attempt to save it. Pedro Leite received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. José Moniz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Joaquim Brito came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Aldriz 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 Joaquim Brito couldn't finish the play. José Moniz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Leite, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, Afonso Nogueira 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. 23 minutes into the match, Afonso Porto dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Joaquim Cabral, 2-0. Afonso Nogueira's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 28thth minute, Joaquim Cabral skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When %teams%'s Afonso Porto was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 3-0 just inside the left pole, 31 minutes into the game. Joaquim Cabral was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. In the 34th match minute, Aldriz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diamantino Anjos to maneuver through the defense. Joaquim Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Aldriz's Joaquim Cabral got control of the ball when Afonso Nogueira tried to sneak it across the goal line. António Guarda hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Pedro Leite received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. José Moniz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Merelhe FC's José Moniz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Merelhe FC from getting a goal against them. Aldriz's Joaquim Brito got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. António Guarda charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed António Guarda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd match minute, Merelhe FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by António Guarda to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 64 minutes, Joaquim Brito managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aldriz's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joaquim Brito was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Merelhe FC's José Moniz got control of the ball when Pedro Leite tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rui Gueifão charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rui Gueifão the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 67 played minutes Merelhe FC got a freekick which was hit by Rui Gueifão. 75 minutes into the match, Aldriz's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso Porto came free, but Joaquim Cabral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Afonso Nogueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Joaquim Cabral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Porto in the 85th minute of play forced Aldriz's goalkeeper Joaquim Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Merelhe FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.