League Play-Off

Lourosa
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Lourosa FC's Fábio Moutinho started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute, Fábio Moutinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Lourosa FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Abel Assis hit a great ball. Filipe Queirós recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Magalhães in the 19th minute of play forced Lourosa FC's goalkeeper Daniel Henriques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Bento Fontes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fábio Moutinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without António Ferro having to interfere. The supporters of Lourosa FC booed when Lobao was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Álvaro Sá didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bento Fontes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but António Ferro made a huge save. If Filipe Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. António Ferro made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Bento Fontes sent off a good shot on target. In the 37th of the match, Fábio Moutinho tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but António Ferro got in the way and made a wonderful save. António Ferro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fábio Moutinho in the 41st minute of the match. Filipe Queirós received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Daniel Henriques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filipe Queirós to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the game, one of Lourosa FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 59th minute there was a penalty for Lobao. Carlos Paredes stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Daniel Henriques. 1-1. In the 64th minute Fábio Moutinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but António Ferro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, Filipe Queirós fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Daniel Henriques, passed just outside the right post. 78 minutes in the game, Filipe Queirós fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Daniel Henriques having to interfere. In the 79th minute of the match Nuno Figueiredo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Daniel Henriques showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Manuel Araújo's late challenge caught a Lobao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manuel Araújo helped the player get up and apologised. Manuel Araújo hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Daniel Henriques took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filipe Queirós, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fábio Moutinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. António Ferro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Gustavo Magalhães managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lobao's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Magalhães was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Daniel Henriques breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 99 minutes into the game, Bento Fontes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. António Ferro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. For all the effort they put into the match, the Lobao players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Lourosa FC.