League Play-Off

Estadio Machialinho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Tabarca FC's Júlio Coimbra started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Alberto Gueifão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the match, SC Machialinho's Alberto Gueifão sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hipólito Baptista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Júlio Coimbra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 10th minute, Basílio Ribeiro 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. Basílio Ribeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Basílio Esteves having to interfere. Oliveira Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Hipólito Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Basílio Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Basílio Ribeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Júlio Coimbra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Basílio Esteves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Basílio Ribeiro went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 29th minute Vicente Pinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hipólito Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Éder Fagundes during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 35th minute of the game. One of Tabarca FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SC Machialinho:s goal.

The wind increased when Vicente Pinho made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Laurentino Junqueira during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tabarca FC's Basílio Ribeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 72 minutes, Vicente Pinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Machialinho's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vicente Pinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 74th minute, Vicente Pinho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hipólito Baptista was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Basílio Ribeiro got free with Basílio Esteves in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 81st match minute, Tabarca FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Éder Fagundes to maneuver through the defense. Oliveira Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Hipólito Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oliveira Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Hipólito Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hipólito Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliveira Pereira in the 87th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Basílio Ribeiro got free with Basílio Esteves in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hipólito Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliveira Pereira, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute.