League Play-Off

Penude
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Catarino Moutinho hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Pedro Faro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Penude's Armando Monteiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Porto in the 11th minute of play. Armando Monteiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Porto in the 14th minute of play. If Ricardo Porto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Raul Borba hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Carlos Gueifão's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Monteiro was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Daniel Torres charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniel Torres the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 31st match minute, Rocha FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Torres to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, SC Penude's Bernardo Mendes threw himself towards the right post 35 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joaquim Torres, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Bernardo Mendes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlos Gueifão's late challenge caught a SC Penude's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carlos Gueifão helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Pedro Faro fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Bernardo Mendes, passed just outside the right post. Joaquim Torres might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bernardo Mendes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joaquim Torres ran back to his position shaking his head. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

In the 55th minute Pedro Faro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th match minute, Rocha FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredo Pires to maneuver through the defense. 58 minutes into the match, Rocha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim Torres came free, but Bernardo Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Ricardo Porto took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Armando Monteiro to make any attempt to save it. Carlos Gueifão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Monteiro having to interfere. Joaquim Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardo Mendes having to interfere. Pedro Faro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Rocha FC's goalkeeper Bernardo Mendes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Rocha FC defense, Joaquim Torres kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernardo Mendes. The Rocha FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernardo Mendes should have stopped the shot. 92 minutes into the match, Rocha FC's Carlos Gueifão sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armando Monteiro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.