League Play-Off

Marmelal
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Afonso Brás started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, SC Boieiro's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso Brás came free, but Sérgio Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Afonso Brás had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Afonso Brás received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Sérgio Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute, Jorge Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raul Borba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Marmelal's Manuel Baptista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André Pacheco in the 20th minute of play. When André Pacheco came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the SC Boieiro 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 André Pacheco couldn't finish the play. Sérgio Azevedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Raul Borba in the 26th minute. Sérgio Azevedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Raul Borba in the 28th minute. Jorge Fonseca charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jorge Fonseca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to SC Boieiro getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Jorge Fonseca hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in SC Boieiro's zone, Afonso Brás stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sérgio Azevedo came out of the goal and Afonso Brás tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cristiano Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Baptista having to interfere. Raul Borba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Afonso Brás sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the match, SC Boieiro's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso Brás came free, but Sérgio Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Afonso Brás sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute, Alberto Nunes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sérgio Azevedo. The goal made the score 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell André Pacheco to make the kick off. Raul Borba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sérgio Azevedo having to interfere. In the 59th minute André Melo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Pacheco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manuel Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Carvalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Gustavo Carneiro's late challenge caught a SC Boieiro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gustavo Carneiro helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, SC Marmelal's Gustavo Carneiro got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Manuel Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Pacheco in the 65th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that André Pacheco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Baptista was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Cristiano Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Baptista having to interfere. If Raul Borba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jorge Fonseca hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Sérgio Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Nunes in the 81st minute of play. SC Boieiro's Sérgio Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raul Borba in the 84th minute of play. With a little luck, SC Marmelal's Manuel Baptista got control of the ball when Cristiano Carvalho tried to sneak it across the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, SC Marmelal's goalkeeper Manuel Baptista had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristiano Carvalho. SC Marmelal walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.