League Play-Off

Moega
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Domingos Alves made the kick off which started today's match. André Bessa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Amílcar Henriques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the game, SC Virtelo's André Bessa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Amílcar Henriques made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucas Resende got free with Joaquim Borges in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. António Assis charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed António Assis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th minute of the match Alfredo Figueiredo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joaquim Borges showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. SC Moega's Amílcar Henriques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Aleixo in the 17th minute of play. SC Virtelo's Joaquim Borges proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save SC Virtelo from getting a goal against them. 23 minutes into the match, SC Virtelo's goal looked a bit too open when Domingos Alves came free, but Joaquim Borges reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lucas Resende's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joaquim Borges was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. In the 27th minute, António Assis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Domingos Alves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to SC Virtelo getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Afonso Garcia hit a great ball. Lucas Resende sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half SC Virtelo were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. André Bessa was the one to do the kick off. Joaquim Borges showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Coelho in the 53rd minute of the match. Joaquim Borges showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Resende in the 62nd minute of the match. During the 62nd minute of the match António Assis completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave António Assis a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. António Assis kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Joaquim Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingos Alves in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Resende in the 73rd minute of play forced SC Virtelo's goalkeeper Joaquim Borges to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Alberto Coelho came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the SC Moega 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 Alberto Coelho couldn't finish the play. SC Virtelo's Joaquim Borges played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Resende in the 85th minute of play. In the 88th minute Alberto Coelho suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. When André Bessa fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Virtelo's protests and gave André Bessa a yellow card for diving instead. André Bessa hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Alfredo Figueiredo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 89th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Joaquim Borges. SC Virtelo's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 90th minute, Lucas Resende left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Moega fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Lucas Resende sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Moega were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of SC Virtelo for a fine match.