League Play-Off

Estadio Serreta
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cláudio Porto got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in SC Serreta's zone, Armindo Pinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emílio Brito came out of the goal and Armindo Pinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. SC Serreta's Emílio Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delfim Coelho in the 15th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, SC Serreta's goal looked a bit too open when Delfim Coelho came free, but Emílio Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Sousa's late challenge caught a Donas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Sousa helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 25th minute of the game. One of SC Serreta:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Donas:s goal. After 31 minutes of play, SC Serreta's Eduardo Nascimento made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rui Macedo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Armindo Pinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emílio Brito having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, Delfim Coelho notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of SC Serreta's Emílio Brito. Emílio Brito was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rui Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cláudio Porto, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Pedro Viana charged in rather forcefully in the 48th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Viana the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Armindo Pinho made the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes Donas's Delfim Coelho stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Emílio Brito stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing SC Serreta of the goal. Armindo Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Emílio Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, SC Serreta's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Delfim Coelho fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Emílio Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armindo Pinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Rui Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cláudio Porto, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Emílio Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armindo Pinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Armindo Pinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Donas's Armindo Pinho got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 89th minute, Donas's Armindo Pinho ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Emílio Brito. Emílio Brito yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. SC Serreta's Emílio Brito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to save SC Serreta from getting a goal against them. Donas's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.