League Play-Off

Estadio Devesas
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Catarino Moura made the kick off and thus started the match. Sebastião Cardoso kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. José Leiria blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carlos Amaro having to make a save. 14 minutes into the match, Jorge Ferro notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Devesas's Sebastião Guerreiro. Sebastião Guerreiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jorge Ferro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sebastião Guerreiro having to make a save. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Devesas's goalkeeper Sebastião Guerreiro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Barroca's Carlos Amaro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Barroca from getting a goal against them. José Leiria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Amaro having to interfere. The supporters of Devesas booed when Barroca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. André Ramos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Devesas's Basílio Santos tried to score from far away in the 30th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Tomás Dias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Sebastião Guerreiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. José Leiria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Amaro having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jorge Ferro to make the kick off. Tomás Dias came free with the goalkeeper in the 52nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Sebastião Guerreiro could save by the left post. With a little luck, Devesas's Sebastião Guerreiro got control of the ball when Tomás Dias tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jorge Ferro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Sebastião Guerreiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, Barroca's goal looked a bit too open when Catarino Moura came free, but Carlos Amaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomás Dias might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sebastião Guerreiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomás Dias ran back to his position shaking his head. When José Leiria came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Devesas 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 José Leiria couldn't finish the play. Carlos Amaro came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Devesas's José Leiria. But to his dismay, José Leiria quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. With his leg Sebastião Guerreiro managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Barroca's Tomás Dias fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Through an outstanding action, after 80 minutes, Sebastião Guerreiro successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. José Leiria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Amaro having to interfere. When the match clock showed 84 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Catarino Moura sped through Barroca's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Carlos Amaro. José Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomás Dias's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sebastião Guerreiro firmly grabbed it by the left post. Devesas's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.