League Play-Off

Estadio Albardo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Xavier Machado got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007's Hermano Lessa got control of the ball when Júlio Ferro tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 5 minutes, Mário Fontes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007 and the Albardo FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th match minute, Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mário Fontes to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Xavier Machado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hermano Lessa was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. A collision led to Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007 getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. João Linhares hit a great ball. Hermano Lessa came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Albardo FC's Xavier Machado. But to his dismay, Xavier Machado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 20th minute of the match, Júlio Ferro got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hermano Lessa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 21st match minute, Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldo Nogueira to maneuver through the defense. Hermano Lessa was a little too slow when Júlio Ferro got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 24th minute. The score was now 2-0. Rúben Falcão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd match minute, Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serafim Vilela to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute of the match Filipe Sá sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hermano Lessa skillfully saved the ball. In the 35th match minute, Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mário Fontes to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute Xavier Machado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hermano Lessa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xavier Machado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Júlio Ferro succeeded in the game's 46th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rúben Falcão to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Machado in the 57th minute of play forced Juventus Lisbon F.C. 2007's goalkeeper Hermano Lessa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hermano Lessa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júlio Ferro in the 59th minute of the match. Adriano Moutinho in the 62ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tiago Cruz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Tiago Cruz made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Adriano Moutinho sent off a good shot on target. Xavier Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hermano Lessa having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Xavier Machado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hermano Lessa was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Júlio Ferro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hermano Lessa having to interfere. Júlio Ferro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hermano Lessa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júlio Ferro in the 90th minute of the match. Júlio Ferro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Albardo FC had played much better football throughout.