League Play-Off

Estadio Paraduca
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristiano Sá got the match started through his kick off. Eduardo Soares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Alexandre Santarém tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 6th minute, Rui Viana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th match minute, Milheiros was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodrigo Esteves to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Paraduca's Adelino Ferro tried to score from far away in the 8th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Adelino Alves 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adelino Alves got free with Alexandre Santarém in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alexandre Santarém made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso Fonseca in the 20th minute of play. Armando Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sandro Esteves, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 30th match minute, Milheiros was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodrigo Esteves to maneuver through the defense. Alexandre Santarém showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso Fonseca, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 37 minutes into the match, Paraduca's goal looked a bit too open when Sandro Esteves came free, but Armando Miranda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 44 played minutes Paraduca got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Oliveira. Armando Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Sá in the 45th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Afonso Fonseca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alexandre Oliveira during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Alexandre Oliveira hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Sandro Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Armando Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Milheiros booed when Paraduca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Oliveira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paraduca's Armando Miranda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Sá in the 58th minute of play. Sandro Esteves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Armando Miranda made a huge save. Rodrigo Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Miranda having to interfere. Alexandre Santarém took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adelino Alves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Paraduca's Adelino Ferro got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 69th minute, André Campos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 74 played minutes Milheiros got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Esteves. In the 75th minute Adelino Alves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandre Santarém saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paraduca's Eduardo Soares pulled a muscle in his back after 76 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Daniel Antunes fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Milheiros's protests and gave Daniel Antunes a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Milheiros's Daniel Antunes got a free kick in the 77th minute. If Cristiano Sá had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 87th minute, Adelino Alves 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. Paraduca's Adelino Alves got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Milheiros supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Milheiros would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.