League Play-Off

Rechaldia
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. António Moreira started the match with the kick off. SC Loures's José Vale got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fernando Leite blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cláudio Ramos having to make a save. After a defensive mix-up in SC Loures's zone, António Moreira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cláudio Ramos came out of the goal and António Moreira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 9th minute of the match Jorge Borba shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Artur Tavares showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Hélder Moreira kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. After 17 minutes, Cândido Vaz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rechaldia and the SC Loures players grew even worse after the yellow card. SC Loures's Diamantino Brás got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 21st minute, António Moreira 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. After 32 played minutes SC Loures got a freekick which was hit by José Gomes. Artur Tavares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diamantino Brás, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Artur Tavares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Vale, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. The audience was convinced that Diamantino Brás's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artur Tavares was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. 42 minutes into the match, Rechaldia's goal looked a bit too open when Diamantino Brás came free, but Artur Tavares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd match minute, Rechaldia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duarte Dias to maneuver through the defense. 46 minutes into the match, SC Loures's Diamantino Brás sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Artur Tavares narrowly saved just below the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Diamantino Brás to make the kick off. With a little luck, Rechaldia's Artur Tavares got control of the ball when José Vale tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cláudio Ramos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of António Moreira's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Rechaldia's Fernando Leite got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. SC Loures's Cláudio Ramos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by António Moreira in the 68th minute of play. Diamantino Brás might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Artur Tavares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Diamantino Brás ran back to his position shaking his head. If José Vale had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th minute, José Vale fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Artur Tavares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diamantino Brás in the 82nd minute of the match. José Vale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artur Tavares having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, SC Loures's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Leite came free, but Cláudio Ramos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 98th minute by Miguel Setúbal got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.