League Play-Off

Estadio Amarelhe
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eusébio Lima got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, SC Lubagueira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Inácio Gueifão to maneuver through the defense. Rafael Pereira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afonso Gonçalves having to interfere. The supporters of SC Lubagueira booed when SC Amarelhe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rogério Coimbra didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute Afonso Veiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afonso Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rafael Pereira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Afonso Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rdth minute of the game Rafael Pereira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Amarelhe's Afonso Gonçalves was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, SC Lubagueira's António Simões got control of the ball when Alfredo Neto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alfredo Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without António Simões having to interfere. António Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusébio Lima in the 35th minute of the match. José Pinto charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed José Pinto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 36th minute, José Pinto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SC Lubagueira's António Simões played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eusébio Lima in the 37th minute of play. In the 39th minute, Eusébio Lima ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. António Simões was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Eusébio Lima's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 43rdth minute, António Simões skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Afonso Veiga to make the kick off. Afonso Veiga might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Afonso Gonçalves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Afonso Veiga ran back to his position shaking his head. Afonso Gonçalves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso Veiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Vítor Guarda's late challenge caught a SC Lubagueira's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vítor Guarda helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SC Lubagueira booed when SC Amarelhe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vítor Guarda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Afonso Gonçalves acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 61st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Fernando Santarém. António Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Neto in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by António Azevedo in the 68th minute of play forced SC Lubagueira's goalkeeper António Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vítor Guarda got his second yellow card in the match during the 69th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 70 played minutes SC Amarelhe got a freekick which was hit by Vítor Guarda. 72 minutes into the match, SC Amarelhe's goalkeeper Afonso Gonçalves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rafael Pereira. Rafael Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Afonso Gonçalves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eusébio Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. António Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to SC Lubagueira getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Carlos Assis hit a great ball. Alfredo Neto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.