League Play-Off

Estadio Tala
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Américo Leiria got the match started through his kick off. Luís Valente was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 6th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Pedraca FC's Fernando Martins proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Pedraca FC from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Pedraca FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Daniel Gueifão hit a great ball. Fernando Martins came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by SC Tala's Henrique Figueiredo. But to his dismay, Henrique Figueiredo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pedraca FC's goalkeeper Fernando Martins, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Américo Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 32 minutes into the match, Pedraca FC's goalkeeper Fernando Martins had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Henrique Figueiredo. Paulo Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastião Castro in the 36th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Sebastião Castro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulo Santos was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Barbosa in the 39th minute of play forced SC Tala's goalkeeper Paulo Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute Sebastião Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Santos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

If Sebastião Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Carlos Barbosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carlos Barbosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Paulo Santos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebastião Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo Santos having to interfere. In the 77th match minute, Pedraca FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Gueifão to maneuver through the defense. After 81 played minutes Pedraca FC got a freekick which was hit by Domingos Assunção. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pedraca FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hugo Tavares was slow to take the kick. During this time SC Tala's players had a chance to rest. Hugo Tavares made a great header on SC Tala's corner, it was just that Pedraca FC's Fernando Martins managed to reach the ball for a save. 85 minutes into the match, Henrique Figueiredo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fernando Martins. Pedraca FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Henrique Figueiredo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After 91 played minutes SC Tala got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Santos. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlos Barbosa got free with Paulo Santos in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fernando Martins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrique Figueiredo, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrique Figueiredo in the 95th minute of play forced Pedraca FC's goalkeeper Fernando Martins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Santos in the 98th minute of play forced Pedraca FC's goalkeeper Fernando Martins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SC Tala's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.