League Play-Off

Paramos
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, 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. Manuel Rodrigues started the match with the kick off. If Oliveira Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Alcamim FC's Bernardo Miranda got a free kick in the 7th minute. Manuel Rodrigues received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. David Martins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th match minute, Alcamim FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Freitas to maneuver through the defense. If Jaime Amaro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 17th match minute, SC Paramos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaspar Pinto to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute, Henrique Brás hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Paramos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. António Soares was slow to take the kick. During this time Alcamim FC's players had a chance to rest. Oliveira Santos scored 1-0 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cláudio Freitas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oliveira Santos got free with Cláudio Freitas in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 36th minute, Manuel Rodrigues ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. David Martins was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Cláudio Freitas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Amaro in the 42nd minute of play. When Miguel Valente came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Alcamim FC 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 Miguel Valente couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Jaime Amaro made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in SC Paramos's zone, Miguel Valente stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Martins came out of the goal and Miguel Valente tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Miguel Valente had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 60th minute Oliveira Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cláudio Freitas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Alcamim FC's Manuel Rodrigues in the 61st minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but David Martins was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for SC Paramos through an amazing save. If Oliveira Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliveira Santos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Cláudio Freitas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Amaro in the 76th minute of play forced Alcamim FC's goalkeeper Cláudio Freitas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Henrique Brás fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Paramos's protests and gave Henrique Brás a yellow card for diving instead. After 77 played minutes SC Paramos got a freekick which was hit by Henrique Brás. David Martins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Rodrigues in the 85th minute of play. Miguel Valente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. David Martins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alcamim FC's Daniel Freitas suffered a concussion in the 89th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Henrique Brás got his second yellow card in the match during the 89th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to SC Paramos getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Henrique Brás hit a great ball. 92 minutes into the game, Domingos Cabral was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alcamim FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SC Paramos the free kick. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.