League Play-Off

Rabacos
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when André Coelho took the kick off in the first half of the match. After having played for 5 minutes, João Viegas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Rabacos's supporters crossed their fingers, but João Viegas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 7th minute, João Viegas made a precise shot to the right of Carlos Pacheco. SC Romarigaes's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. André Correia hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the match, SC Rabacos's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Resende came free, but Cristiano Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 16 minutes into the game, João Viegas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Carlos Pacheco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. André Coelho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. André Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Neves having to interfere. In the 26th minute, João Viegas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Pacheco was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. A hard, long distance shot from Viriato Leite flew over the goal. In the 33rd minute of the match, David Carvalho tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Carlos Pacheco saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 37 minutes into the match, SC Romarigaes's goalkeeper Carlos Pacheco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by João Viegas. After a defensive mix-up in SC Romarigaes's zone, David Carvalho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carlos Pacheco came out of the goal and David Carvalho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to SC Rabacos getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Cristóvão Gueifão hit a great ball. Daniel Resende sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristiano Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Coelho in the 43rd minute of the match. André Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Neves having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Sandro Cabral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and David Carvalho made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, SC Rabacos's goal looked a bit too open when André Coelho came free, but Cristiano Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute of the match SC Romarigaes got a corner. SC Rabacos's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jorge Porto ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Sandro Cabral heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Daniel Resende succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-2 in the 68th playminute. SC Rabacos's David Carvalho got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as André Coelho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cristiano Neves. That made the score 3-3 in the 84 minute of play. Carlos Pacheco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Viegas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. André Coelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Cristiano Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 98 minutes of play, SC Rabacos's David Carvalho made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carlos Pacheco was left in no man's land by his defense there! SC Romarigaes's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because SC Rabacos had won, even though SC Romarigaes had held more of the ball.