League Play-Off

Monsanto
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute Alexandre Moutinho suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. A collision led to Paraiso FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. António Jesus hit a great ball. João Faria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Sebastião Mota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Faria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When João Faria came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the SC Monsanto fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that João Faria couldn't finish the play. António Jesus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Filipe Abreu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Faria got free with Sebastião Mota in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 32 played minutes Paraiso FC got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Borges. The supporters of SC Monsanto booed when Paraiso FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Augusto Borges didn't get a good kick on the ball. João Faria could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Sebastião Mota made a huge save. João Faria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Sebastião Mota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, António Moura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute Pedro Abreu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filipe Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filipe Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diogo Machado, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Faria to make the kick off. Nuno Vaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Filipe Abreu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Monsanto's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pedro Abreu was slow to take the kick. During this time Paraiso FC's players had a chance to rest. SC Monsanto's João Faria got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Paraiso FC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Delfim Machado hit a great ball. Augusto Borges hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Basílio Coelho took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 67th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sebastião Mota. Paraiso FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 69th minute, Basílio Coelho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, Augusto Borges hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. António Jesus kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Sebastião Mota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Faria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Diogo Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Abreu having to interfere. SC Monsanto's João Faria got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eduardo Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.