League Play-Off

Firvidas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) When Lourenço Gonçalves came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Firvidas FC 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 Lourenço Gonçalves couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Firvidas FC's Nuno Faria got a free kick in the 11th minute. Francisco Abreu missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 12 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Filipe Magalhães right hand side. In the 14th minute, Lourenço Marques 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. Filipe Magalhães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lourenço Marques, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When Casas's Lourenço Marques in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Firvidas FC's goalie prevented a goal. If Rafael Gaspar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francisco Abreu hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Diogo Borges took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 25th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Filipe Magalhães. Firvidas FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 27th minute Óscar Machado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abel Carneiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 33 played minutes Casas got a freekick which was hit by Joaquim Dantas. Firvidas FC's Óscar Machado got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lourenço Gonçalves 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. Nuno Faria, 45 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. With a little luck, Casas's Abel Carneiro got control of the ball when Lourenço Gonçalves tried to sneak it across the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rafael Gaspar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lourenço Marques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Magalhães having to interfere. Óscar Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abel Carneiro having to interfere. Vasco Alves charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vasco Alves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 59 minutes into the game, Gustavo Luz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Firvidas FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Casas the free kick. Gustavo Luz hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. 64 minutes into the match, Casas's goal looked a bit too open when Óscar Machado came free, but Abel Carneiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. During the 67th minute of the match Vasco Alves completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Vasco Alves a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 68 played minutes Casas got a freekick which was hit by Vasco Alves. Diogo Borges's late challenge caught a Firvidas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diogo Borges helped the player get up and apologised. In the 73rd match minute, Casas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diogo Borges to maneuver through the defense. When Rafael Gaspar fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Casas's protests and gave Rafael Gaspar a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Casas's Rafael Gaspar got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 76th minute of the match Nuno Faria sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abel Carneiro skillfully saved the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Casas's Lourenço Marques sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Filipe Magalhães narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lourenço Marques could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Filipe Magalhães made a huge save. 95 minutes into the match, Lourenço Marques notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Firvidas FC's Filipe Magalhães. Filipe Magalhães was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Firvidas FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Casas's performance. The match ended with a win for Casas.