League Play-Off

Picaranha
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. Lourenço Delgado started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Nexebra's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Catarino Correia was slow to take the kick. During this time SC Picaranha's players had a chance to rest. Alfredo Macedo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 17th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Tomás Lisboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Fernando Jesus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SC Nexebra's Fernando Jesus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Lisboa in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, SC Nexebra's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Lisboa came free, but Fernando Jesus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th match minute, SC Nexebra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vítor Esteves to maneuver through the defense. Jacinto Ferro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lourenço Delgado in the 34th minute of play. The supporters of SC Nexebra booed when SC Picaranha was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredo Carvalho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jacinto Ferro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Barros in the 44th minute of the match. Jacinto Ferro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Barros in the 47th minute of the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomás Lisboa to make the kick off. In the 57th minute Tomás Lisboa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Jesus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 59 minutes, Tomás Lisboa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Picaranha's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomás Lisboa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luís Barros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Jacinto Ferro made a huge save. Alfredo Macedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Jesus having to interfere. Fernando Jesus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomás Lisboa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SC Picaranha were furious when Heitor Azevedo was red carded, 72 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Lourenço Delgado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Jacinto Ferro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SC Picaranha's Alfredo Macedo got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 96th minute, Inácio Oliveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.