League Play-Off

Estadio Corotelo
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Lucas Reis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sebastião Pinho's late challenge caught a SC Corotelo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastião Pinho helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th minute, one of Socorro: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 Socorro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Aleixo in the 15th minute of play forced SC Corotelo's goalkeeper Carlos Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertino Borges having to interfere. Rui Nunes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Carlos Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Aleixo in the 28th minute of play forced SC Corotelo's goalkeeper Carlos Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rui Nunes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Esteves in the 37thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Albertino Borges, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Nunes in the 43rd minute of play forced SC Corotelo's goalkeeper Carlos Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afonso Aleixo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Reis having to interfere. Carlos Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rui Nunes in the 48th minute of the match. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rui Nunes to make the kick off. Afonso Aleixo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Carlos Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, SC Corotelo's Lucas Reis got a free kick in the 58th minute. After having played for 62 minutes, Rui Nunes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Socorro's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rui Nunes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of SC Corotelo booed when Socorro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Trindade didn't get a good kick on the ball. Albertino Borges showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Esteves in the 76th minute of the match. Marco Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertino Borges having to interfere. Albertino Borges showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Reis, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Albertino Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Reis in the 82nd minute of play. Marco Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lucas Reis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Albertino Borges tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marco Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Albertino Borges tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SC Corotelo's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.