League Play-Off

Negreiros
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ricardo Leite made the kick off which started today's match. João Guarda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Mariano Gonçalves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joel Bessa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mariano Gonçalves having to interfere. Ricardo Leite sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that João Guarda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mariano Gonçalves was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. After having played for 24 minutes, João Guarda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Segirei FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but João Guarda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 26th match minute, Segirei FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Monteiro to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute Ricardo Leite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filipe Guarda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 41 minutes, Ricardo Leite managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Negreiros's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Leite was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 43 minutes into the match, Segirei FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardo Leite came free, but Filipe Guarda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when João Guarda stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ricardo Leite fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Guarda having to interfere. Joel Bessa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Mariano Gonçalves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Guarda struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Mariano Gonçalves didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Segirei FC. After 70 minutes, Américo Amorim mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Negreiros and the Segirei FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Filipe Guarda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Leite in the 74th minute of play. Filipe Guarda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albertino Assis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Duarte Magalhães hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Albertino Assis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Filipe Guarda didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Negreiros's Ricardo Leite shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Filipe Guarda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Albertino Assis went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Leite in the 96th minute of play forced Segirei FC's goalkeeper Filipe Guarda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Negreiros had won after a very even match.