League Play-Off

Estadio Montemuro
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when João Machado made the kick off which started today's match. David Setúbal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno Sá having to interfere. Afonso Morais hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Ricardo Almeida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno Sá having to interfere. David Setúbal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nuno Sá showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Almeida in the 12th minute of the match. If David Setúbal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the match, SC Franca's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardo Almeida came free, but Nuno Sá reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joaquim Vale charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joaquim Vale the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, SC Franca's Joaquim Vale got a free kick in the 21st minute. An unexpected shot in the 24th minute by Rafael Cabral got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. David Setúbal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Nuno Sá tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 32 minutes into the match, SC Montemuro's goal looked a bit too open when João Machado came free, but Jorge Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 39 minutes, Rafael Cabral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Montemuro and the SC Franca players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rafael Cabral kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. After 40 minutes of play, SC Franca's João Machado made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jorge Ribeiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jorge Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Machado in the 44th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 48 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Delfim Ribeiro sped through SC Montemuro's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jorge Ribeiro. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Ricardo Almeida made the kick off in the second half. After 63 played minutes SC Franca got a freekick which was hit by Joaquim Vale. Carlos Domingues was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 78 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 77th minute of the game. One of SC Montemuro:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SC Franca:s goal. The supporters of SC Franca booed when SC Montemuro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afonso Morais didn't get a good kick on the ball. Delfim Ribeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Jorge Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Delfim Ribeiro notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of SC Montemuro's Jorge Ribeiro. Jorge Ribeiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. SC Franca's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.