League Play-Off

Estadio Sacoes
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Pedro Henriques struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Armindo Campos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sintrao FC. 10 minutes into the game, Rogério Lopes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sacoes FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sintrao FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Sacoes FC's Rogério Lopes got a free kick in the 10th minute. Armindo Campos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Henriques in the 11th minute of the match. Sebastião Santarém received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. João Gonçalves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nuno Domingues charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nuno Domingues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 17th minute, Nuno Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Armindo Campos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Henriques, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the game, Afonso Guerreiro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sintrao FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sacoes FC the free kick. Lúcio Gaspar lost his temper 39 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee gave Sacoes FC a penalty, 41 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Tomás Leão, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Sintrao FC's João Gonçalves. 2-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rogério Gomes was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute Filipe Campos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gaspar Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Rogério Gomes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sacoes FC's Armindo Campos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Sacoes FC from getting a goal against them. Sacoes FC's Filipe Campos got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. António Lisboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. João Gonçalves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filipe Campos struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. João Gonçalves didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sacoes FC. If António Lisboa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Rogério Gomes came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Sintrao 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 Rogério Gomes couldn't finish the play. Rogério Gomes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Armindo Campos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Sacoes FC's Pedro Amaral got a free kick in the 78th minute. Filipe Campos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Gonçalves having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, Sacoes FC's goalkeeper Armindo Campos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rogério Gomes. In the 94th minute, one of Sintrao FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Sintrao FC. In the 96th minute there was a penalty for Sacoes FC. Tomás Leão stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving João Gonçalves. 4-0. Sacoes FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.