League Play-Off

Estadio Boinheira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mariano Monteiro made the kick off which started today's match. SC Boinheira's José Miranda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delfim Vale in the 6th minute of play. Manuel Brito charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manuel Brito the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th minute, Manuel Brito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 20 minutes into the game, Rui Coimbra was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Medroes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SC Boinheira the free kick. After a rather tough play, Medroes's Rui Coimbra got a free kick in the 20th minute. Rui Gaspar didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 31st minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. In the 40th match minute, Medroes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Brito to maneuver through the defense. Mariano Monteiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Rui Gaspar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gustavo Vale took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Miranda. José Miranda dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Delfim Vale to make the kick off. Gustavo Vale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Miranda having to interfere. SC Boinheira were furious when Pedro Gonçalves was red carded, 57 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Gustavo Vale succeeded in the game's 63rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-4. SC Boinheira's Joaquim Guarda suffered a sore thigh after 67 minutes and couldn't finish the game. During the 67th minute of the match Rui Coimbra completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Rui Coimbra a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 68 played minutes Medroes got a freekick which was hit by Rui Coimbra. José Miranda made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustavo Vale in the 75th minute. Gustavo Vale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Miranda having to interfere. In the 83rd match minute, Medroes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hélder Sousa to maneuver through the defense. José Miranda came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Medroes's Gustavo Vale. But to his dismay, Gustavo Vale quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustavo Vale got free with José Miranda in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 98th minute, SC Boinheira's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Gustavo Vale fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post.