League Play-Off

Relvinha
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Alfeicao's Carlos Macedo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Sebastião Martins charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sebastião Martins the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Relvinha's Ricardo Nascimento in the 13th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Amílcar Dantas was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Alfeicao through an amazing save. Alfeicao's Amílcar Dantas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Alfeicao from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the Alfeicao defense, Paulo Martins kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Amílcar Dantas. The Alfeicao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Amílcar Dantas should have stopped the shot. David Oliveira kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Relvinha's João Torres got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paulo Martins's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 28thth minute, Amílcar Dantas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Carlos Macedo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without André Resende having to make a save. André Resende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Leite in the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd minute Eduardo Leite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Resende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ricardo Nascimento could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Amílcar Dantas made a huge save. Amílcar Dantas was a little too slow when Ricardo Nascimento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 2-1. 42 minutes into the match, Relvinha's goal looked a bit too open when Eduardo Leite came free, but André Resende reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute, Carlos Macedo 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Ricardo Nascimento made the kick off in the second half. If Ricardo Nascimento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Ricardo Nascimento came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Relvinha 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 Ricardo Nascimento couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Alfeicao's Henrique Pires got a free kick in the 54th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 57th minute of the game. One of Alfeicao:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Relvinha:s goal. Amílcar Dantas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ricardo Nascimento went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 75th minute Carlos Macedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Resende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Resende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Macedo in the 76th minute of the match. Eduardo Leite fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Resende having to interfere. After some careless play in the Alfeicao defense, Paulo Martins kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Amílcar Dantas. The Alfeicao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Amílcar Dantas should have stopped the shot. Paulo Martins recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. David Oliveira was shown his second yellow card after 92 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match.