League Play-Off

Nogueiro
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ricardo Brás started the match with the kick off. Ricardo Brás received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Benedito Gentil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Óscar Alves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulino Valadão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teófilo Baião recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Paulino Valadão's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Óscar Alves was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. SC Figueirosa's Óscar Igrejas got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Óscar Igrejas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute, Ricardo Brás hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benedito Gentil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Brás, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Audi Team FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardo Brás came free, but Benedito Gentil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Óscar Igrejas in the 35th minute of play forced Audi Team FC's goalkeeper Benedito Gentil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benedito Gentil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Brás in the 37th minute of the match. Bernardo Leiria hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. 42 minutes into the game, SC Figueirosa's Ricardo Brás nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benedito Gentil made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Ricardo Brás managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Figueirosa's supporters rose to their feet, but Ricardo Brás was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benedito Gentil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 48th minute of the match Raimundo Belém shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benedito Gentil showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.

Benedito Gentil made an important save on a dangerous shot by Óscar Igrejas in the 53rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Óscar Igrejas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benedito Gentil. That made the score 0-2 in the 53 minute of play. In the 60th minute, Ricardo Brás 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. In the 64thth minute of the game Paulino Valadão who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Figueirosa's Óscar Alves was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Teófilo Baião might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Óscar Alves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Teófilo Baião ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 67th minute, one of SC Figueirosa: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 SC Figueirosa. If Teófilo Baião had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 75th minute, Óscar Igrejas 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. Teófilo Baião received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Óscar Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ricardo Brás sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benedito Gentil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Brás in the 82nd minute of play. If Paulino Valadão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulino Valadão in the 88th minute of play forced SC Figueirosa's goalkeeper Óscar Alves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Óscar Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulino Valadão in the 94th minute of play. In the 99th minute, Óscar Igrejas 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. SC Figueirosa's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.