League Play-Off

Valdeira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Aloísio Novais started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Celso Palha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sílvio Brochado in the 3rd minute of the match. Celso Palha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aloísio Novais, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. If Aloísio Novais had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Aloísio Novais had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Rodrigo Festas came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the SC Palheira fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rodrigo Festas couldn't finish the play. Valdeira FC's Celso Palha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloísio Novais in the 15th minute of play. Valdeira FC's Celso Palha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Festas in the 21st minute of play. Celso Palha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gregório Horta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the match, Gregório Horta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Celso Palha. Valdeira FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gregório Horta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Celso Palha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aloísio Novais, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Celso Palha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Festas, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the game, SC Palheira's Rodrigo Festas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Celso Palha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 42 minutes of play, SC Palheira's Aloísio Novais made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celso Palha was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aloísio Novais sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The wind increased when Hildeberto Pessoa made the kick off in the second half. If Aloísio Novais had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Celso Palha made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Rodrigo Festas sent off a good shot on target. Celso Palha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aloísio Novais, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. When SC Palheira's Aloísio Novais in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Valdeira FC's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of SC Palheira booed when Valdeira FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hildeberto Pessoa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joaquim Quadros struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Herberto Alcântara didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Valdeira FC. Hélder Severiano hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Aloísio Novais's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celso Palha was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81stth minute of the game Rodrigo Festas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Valdeira FC's Celso Palha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rodrigo Festas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celso Palha having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Valdeira FC's goal looked a bit too open when Aloísio Novais came free, but Celso Palha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched SC Palheira eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.