League Play-Off

Estadio Chavelho
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Oliveira Ribeiro made the kick off and thus started the match. Pedro Assunção received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Armindo Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. António Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 16 played minutes, Ventureira FC's Alexandre Maia shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Heitor Lisboa came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ventureira FC reached it. António Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fernando Viegas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Heitor Lisboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. António Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Armindo Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Duarte Pedroso fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ventureira FC's protests and gave Duarte Pedroso a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd match minute, Ventureira FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Melo to maneuver through the defense. Carlos Pires made a great header on SC Chavelho's corner, it was just that Ventureira FC's Armindo Simões managed to reach the ball for a save. Armindo Simões made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Pedro Assunção sent off a good shot on target. Armindo Simões was out of position in the 46 minute of play, and António Barros capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. António Barros really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 56th minute, Ventureira FC's Oliveira Ribeiro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Heitor Lisboa. Heitor Lisboa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Fernando Viegas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Heitor Lisboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Pedro Assunção put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Armindo Simões. Fernando Viegas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Heitor Lisboa having to make a save. After 77 played minutes, SC Chavelho's Diamantino Leiria shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Armindo Simões came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SC Chavelho reached it. SC Chavelho's António Barros got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 81 minutes into the match, SC Chavelho's Pedro Assunção sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armindo Simões narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Oliveira Ribeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Oliveira Ribeiro came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Ventureira FC 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 Oliveira Ribeiro couldn't finish the play. Oliveira Ribeiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Heitor Lisboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. If Fernando Viegas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd minute Oliveira Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Heitor Lisboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armindo Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Assunção in the 94th minute of play. In the 97thth minute of the game António Barros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ventureira FC's Armindo Simões was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. SC Chavelho were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Ventureira FC for a fine match.