League Play-Off

The Warriors Yard
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joaquim Vieira took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cláudio Viana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Trigueiro in the 4th minute of play. Pedro Torres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 9th minute of the match David Almeida shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Adriano Leão showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Pedro Torres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adriano Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim Vieira in the 16th minute of play. Adriano Leão came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Peroguarda FC's Joaquim Vieira. But to his dismay, Joaquim Vieira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Pedro Torres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joaquim Vieira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Adriano Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joaquim Vieira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Adriano Leão having to make a save. Joaquim Vieira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adriano Leão having to interfere. Bernardo Moniz charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bernardo Moniz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bernardo Moniz hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and António Trigueiro made a kick off. Joaquim Vieira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Adriano Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute of the game, Óscar Valverde landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. 62 minutes into the game, David Almeida was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Peroguarda FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Warriors FC the free kick. In the 63rd minute, David Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peroguarda FC's Cláudio Viana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josué Lobato in the 65th minute of play. After 65 minutes of play, Warriors FC's Josué Lobato made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cláudio Viana was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Warriors FC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Dimas Barroso hit a great ball. David Almeida was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 74th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Warriors FC's goalkeeper Adriano Leão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 80 minutes, Adriano Leão successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Joaquim Vieira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 94th minute, Pedro Torres made a precise shot to the right of Adriano Leão. Warriors FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Peroguarda FC were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.