League Play-Off

Estádio SC Bragança
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emanuel Ferro started the match with the kick off. Elias Vilar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nélson Saldanha having to interfere. Emanuel Ferro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nélson Saldanha having to make a save. SC Bragança's Nélson Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Ferro in the 11th minute of play. Nélson Saldanha came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by sda's Santiago Carvalho. But to his dismay, Santiago Carvalho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a rather tough play, SC Bragança's Silvestre Mourão got a free kick in the 15th minute. Emanuel Ferro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nélson Saldanha having to interfere. If Emanuel Ferro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abílio Matos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Máximo Cruz in the 25th minute. sda's Emanuel Ferro got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Santiago Carvalho struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Nélson Saldanha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for sda. Santiago Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Nélson Saldanha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Santiago Carvalho might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nélson Saldanha. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Santiago Carvalho ran back to his position shaking his head. Nélson Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias Vilar in the 37th minute of the match. Nélson Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Torcato in the 41st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Emanuel Ferro managed to get in a good position for a shot. sda's supporters rose to their feet, but Emanuel Ferro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nélson Saldanha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Carvalho in the 48th minute of play forced SC Bragança's goalkeeper Nélson Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The SC Bragança players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. sda were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Virgílio Figueiras made the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Emanuel Ferro made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. SC Bragança's Nélson Saldanha tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Lucas Coutinho's late challenge caught a sda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucas Coutinho helped the player get up and apologised. 59 minutes into the match, SC Bragança's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Carvalho came free, but Nélson Saldanha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elias Vilar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 61st match minute, SC Bragança was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandre Borges to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Máximo Cruz made a precise shot to the right of Abílio Matos. sda's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Santiago Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nélson Saldanha having to interfere. SC Bragança's Nélson Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Ferro in the 77th minute of play. The supporters of sda booed when SC Bragança was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomé Marques didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emanuel Ferro struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Nélson Saldanha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for sda. 83 minutes into the match, Emanuel Ferro dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nélson Saldanha, 1-3. Nélson Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Ferro in the 87th minute of play. Elias Vilar struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Nélson Saldanha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for sda. Jacob Rodrigues charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jacob Rodrigues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th match minute, sda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacob Rodrigues to maneuver through the defense. sda's Abílio Matos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Máximo Cruz in the 96th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded sda left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than SC Bragança.