League Play-Off

Estadio Sameice
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Aviz's André Rodrigues 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. Oliveira Brás fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Antunes having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, Sameice's goal looked a bit too open when André Rodrigues came free, but Abel Cardoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Aviz booed when Sameice was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristóvão Veiga didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sameice's goalkeeper Abel Cardoso, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. André Rodrigues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abel Cardoso having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, Aviz's goalkeeper Manuel Antunes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Oliveira Brás. 24 minutes into the match, Aviz's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandre Trindade came free, but Manuel Antunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abel Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Afonso Vieira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st minute Alexandre Trindade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Antunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Trindade in the 43rd minute of play forced Aviz's goalkeeper Manuel Antunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afonso Vieira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abel Cardoso having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexandre Trindade stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Alexandre Trindade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Antunes was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Alexandre Moniz's late challenge caught a Aviz's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alexandre Moniz helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Aviz booed when Sameice was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Moniz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abel Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Eusébio Lopes charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eusébio Lopes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 63rd match minute, Sameice was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eusébio Lopes to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Afonso Vieira got free with Abel Cardoso in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abel Cardoso was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and André Rodrigues capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. André Rodrigues really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. If Alexandre Trindade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliveira Brás fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Antunes having to interfere. In the 78th minute, Sandro Pinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Aviz's goalkeeper Manuel Antunes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pedro Domingues hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute Alexandre Trindade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Antunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Afonso Vieira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Abel Cardoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Alexandre Trindade ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manuel Antunes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 96 minutes into the match, Sameice's goalkeeper Abel Cardoso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Afonso Vieira. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.