League Play-Off

Estadio Labruje
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) In the 7th minute Sebastião Rodrigues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jorge Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastião Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Sebastião Rodrigues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jorge Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastião Rodrigues in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to Labruje getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Nuno Leite hit a great ball. In the 20th minute of the match Raul Borges sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jorge Abreu skillfully saved the ball. In the 21st minute, Eusébio Oliveira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Bucos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Jorge Abreu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sebastião Rodrigues's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Armando Baptista charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Armando Baptista the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of SC Bucos booed when Labruje was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Armando Baptista didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sebastião Rodrigues received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Jorge Abreu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 47 minutes, Alexandre Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Labruje's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexandre Rocha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The wind increased when Alexandre Rocha made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to SC Bucos getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Américo Fonseca hit a great ball. Vítor Porto tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Armando Baptista. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-1 in the 52nd minute. Jorge Abreu was a little too slow when Eusébio Oliveira got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 2-2. After 59 minutes, Óscar Veiga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Bucos and the Labruje players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Amílcar Nascimento came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Labruje 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 Amílcar Nascimento couldn't finish the play. Alexandre Rocha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Armando Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebastião Rodrigues's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jorge Abreu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. If Eusébio Oliveira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Sebastião Rodrigues had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorge Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusébio Oliveira in the 72nd minute of play. 78 minutes into the game, Sebastião Rodrigues cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Jorge Abreu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Labruje's zone, Eusébio Oliveira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorge Abreu came out of the goal and Eusébio Oliveira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Alexandre Rocha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Baptista was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Sebastião Rodrigues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Bucos's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.