League Play-Off

Loule
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Joaquim Teixeira made the kick off and thus started the match. Humberto Vale received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Tomás Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 8 minutes, Cândido Almeida mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Miomaes FC and the SC Loule players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cândido Almeida hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. In the 14th match minute, SC Loule was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by António Antunes to maneuver through the defense. Humberto Vale received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Tomás Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18thth minute of the game Humberto Vale who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Loule's Tomás Baptista was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Humberto Vale recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, SC Loule's António Antunes got a free kick in the 27th minute. Miomaes FC's Catarino Macedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joaquim Teixeira in the 30th minute of play. When Joaquim Teixeira came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the SC Loule 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 Joaquim Teixeira couldn't finish the play. Alberto Araújo kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Joaquim Teixeira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Miomaes FC's Catarino Macedo got control of the ball when Jaime Baptista tried to sneak it across the goal line. 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 Vítor Azevedo to make the kick off. After 51 minutes, Tomás Santos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Miomaes FC and the SC Loule players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Miomaes FC's Tomás Santos got a free kick in the 52nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Vale got free with Tomás Baptista in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Catarino Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Baptista, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Jaime Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tomás Baptista stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vítor Azevedo's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Humberto Vale succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 80th playminute. In the 86th minute, Vítor Azevedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Teixeira in the 87th minute of play forced Miomaes FC's goalkeeper Catarino Macedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Miomaes FC's Humberto Moutinho got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Jaime Baptista struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Catarino Macedo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Loule. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Miomaes FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.