League Play-Off

Mesas
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bruno Rodrigues made the kick off which started today's match. SC Moimentos's Artur Henriques proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save SC Moimentos from getting a goal against them. The supporters of SC Mesas booed when SC Moimentos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adolfo Morais didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manuel Morais received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Diamantino Sá tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 10 minutes into the match, SC Mesas's Mário Coelho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Artur Henriques narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by André Bessa during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of SC Moimentos booed when SC Mesas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. André Bessa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 18th minute, Mário Coelho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Mesas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 24 minutes SC Moimentos's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jorge Marques who took care of the corner kick. 27 minutes into the match, SC Mesas's André Bessa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Artur Henriques narrowly saved just below the crossbar. André Bessa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artur Henriques having to interfere. If André Bessa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bruno Rodrigues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diamantino Sá having to interfere. Bruno Rodrigues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Diamantino Sá showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Morais, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for André Bessa to strike the kick off in the second half. Artur Henriques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Bessa in the 52nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Rodrigues in the 57th minute of play forced SC Mesas's goalkeeper Diamantino Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Bruno Rodrigues 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, André Bessa managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Mesas's supporters rose to their feet, but André Bessa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Artur Henriques breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 66th minute, Rui Reis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, Manuel Morais fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Diamantino Sá, passed just outside the right post. Vasco Neves took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 75th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Diamantino Sá. SC Mesas's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Rodrigues in the 79th minute of play forced SC Mesas's goalkeeper Diamantino Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Manuel Morais had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 93rd minute, Bruno Rodrigues 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. SC Mesas's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.