League Play-Off

Estadio Cojo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nélson Matos kicked off to start the match. Valentim Souto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Pinto in the 6th minute of the match. Henrique Matias hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute Fernando Lameiras suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 12 minutes, Filipe Assunção mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Almegue and the SLB Reservas players grew even worse after the yellow card. Filipe Assunção kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. The SC Almegue fans' excitement grew in the 15th match minute when SC Almegue's Sandro Teixeira looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a rather tough play, SC Almegue's Filipe Assunção got a free kick in the 20th minute. Sandro Teixeira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentim Souto having to interfere. Valentim Souto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sandro Teixeira in the 25th minute of play. Valentim Souto came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Almegue's Filipe Assunção. But to his dismay, Filipe Assunção quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 34th minute Marco Pinto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentim Souto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filipe Cruzs short, quick shot in the 36thth minute got Óscar Fonseca to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 39 minutes into the match, SLB Reservas's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Pinto came free, but Valentim Souto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Marco Pintos short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Valentim Souto to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Nélson Matos charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nélson Matos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, SLB Reservas's Nélson Matos got a free kick in the 56th minute. If Marco Pinto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Filipe Cruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Óscar Fonseca having to interfere. SLB Reservas's Filipe Cruz got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 67 minutes into the match, SLB Reservas's goal looked a bit too open when Sandro Teixeira came free, but Valentim Souto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 69th minute by Marco Pinto got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Valentim Souto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sandro Teixeira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute, Sandro Teixeira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Valentim Souto. The goal made the score 0-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Afonso Santos during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 78th minute, Afonso Santos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valentim Souto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henrique Matias in the 85th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filipe Cruz in the 87th minute of play forced SC Almegue's goalkeeper Óscar Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Filipe Cruz made a precise shot to the right of Óscar Fonseca. SC Almegue's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. Marco Pinto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Valentim Souto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aristides Zarco during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 94th minute, one of SLB Reservas:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for SLB Reservas. SC Almegue's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.