League Play-Off

Estadio Nogueira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cláudio Rangel got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Simão Barros ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Timóteo Jordão was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Timóteo Jordão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogério Assunção, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Porto.PT's Jacinto Magalhães came free and shot a quick shot against goal 8 minutes in the game, fortunately Timóteo Jordão had problems saving as it came toward the left post. 10 minutes into the match, Leiradas's goal looked a bit too open when Rogério Assunção came free, but Timóteo Jordão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henrique Paiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Israel Guimarães in the 13th minute of play. Henrique Paiva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cláudio Rangel, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 23rd minute, Jacinto Magalhães 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. After 27 played minutes Porto.PT got a freekick which was hit by Simão Barros. Timóteo Jordão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogério Assunção in the 32nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Rogério Assunção's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Timóteo Jordão was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Porto.PT's Henrique Paiva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cláudio Rangel in the 37th minute of play. After 37 played minutes Porto.PT got a freekick which was hit by Eusébio Tavares. Henrique Paiva didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Israel Guimarães went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 47 minutes into the match, Porto.PT's goal looked a bit too open when Israel Guimarães came free, but Henrique Paiva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rogério Assunção made a kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Leiradas's goal looked a bit too open when Rogério Assunção came free, but Timóteo Jordão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rogério Assunção scored 3-1 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Timóteo Jordão, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 64 minutes into the match, Leiradas's goal looked a bit too open when Rogério Assunção came free, but Timóteo Jordão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Porto.PT's Henrique Paiva got control of the ball when Israel Guimarães tried to sneak it across the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Jacinto Magalhães had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Timóteo Jordão. Leiradas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jacinto Magalhães was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cláudio Rangel in the 80th minute of play forced Porto.PT's goalkeeper Henrique Paiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Timóteo Jordão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Magalhães, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Jacinto Magalhães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Porto.PT booed when Leiradas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Egídio Leitão didn't get a good kick on the ball. Timóteo Jordão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacinto Magalhães in the 90th minute of play. Rogério Assunção fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timóteo Jordão having to interfere. Jacinto Magalhães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jacinto Magalhães fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timóteo Jordão having to interfere. There was no doubt that Porto.PT were the better team. Porto.PT's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.