League Play-Off

Estadio Penafirme
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Amadeu Moniz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duarte Reis was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Urzelina's Artur Monteiro got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Urzelina getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Alexandre Matias hit a great ball. Nuno Borges fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duarte Reis having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, António Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Pinto. SC Penafirme's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that António Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 19th minute, Pedro Marques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Urzelina's Duarte Reis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amadeu Moniz in the 22nd minute of play. After having played for 27 minutes, António Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Urzelina's supporters crossed their fingers, but António Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Manuel Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Carlos Pinto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Monteiro in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by António Costa in the 32nd minute of play forced SC Penafirme's goalkeeper Carlos Pinto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Amadeu Moniz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Through an outstanding action, after 48 minutes, Duarte Reis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. António Costa was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st match minute, SC Penafirme was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Sousa to maneuver through the defense. Artur Monteiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Carlos Pinto made a huge save. SC Penafirme's Carlos Pinto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by António Costa in the 59th minute of play. Artur Monteiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Pinto having to interfere. Nuno Borges sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. António Costa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carlos Pinto having to make a save. Carlos Pinto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Costa in the 75th minute of play. Urzelina's Artur Monteiro was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 78th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Duarte Reis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeu Moniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Amadeu Moniz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Duarte Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Urzelina's Duarte Reis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nuno Borges in the 90th minute of play. Nuno Borges sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Duarte Reis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeu Moniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Amadeu Moniz struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Duarte Reis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Penafirme. Carlos Pinto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from António Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.