League Play-Off

Mortena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pedro Cardoso made the kick off which started today's match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Creixomil FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SC Mortena:s goal. After 11 played minutes SC Mortena got a freekick which was hit by Rui Barros. 12 minutes into the match, Creixomil FC's Rui Borba broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After 13 minutes, Duarte Morais mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Mortena and the Creixomil FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to SC Mortena getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Duarte Morais hit a great ball. Abel Aleixo might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rafael Ferro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abel Aleixo ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet as Pedro Cardoso kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Filipe Henriques. That made the score 2-0 in the 25 minute of play. Pedro Cardoso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Creixomil FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Rafael Matias hit a great ball. 33 minutes into the match, Diamantino Luz sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Filipe Henriques threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Diamantino Luz this time. Creixomil FC's Xavier Moura got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Xavier Moura scored 2-1 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rafael Ferro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abel Aleixo to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Creixomil FC's Adelino Correia got a free kick in the 54th minute. Rafael Ferro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel Aleixo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to SC Mortena getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Duarte Morais hit a great ball. SC Mortena's Rafael Ferro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save SC Mortena from getting a goal against them. Filipe Henriques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Cardoso in the 82nd minute of the match. Pedro Leiria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Filipe Henriques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Abel Aleixo 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SC Mortena had won after a very even match.