League Play-Off

Cardosos
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cristiano Guarda made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristiano Guarda in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Durval Peralta saved maiores.f.c from getting behind. Sandro Magalhães blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Durval Peralta having to make a save. 14 minutes into the match, Oliveira Lima notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of maiores.f.c's Durval Peralta. Durval Peralta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, maiores.f.c's Durval Peralta got control of the ball when Sandro Magalhães tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristiano Guarda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Durval Peralta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristiano Guarda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Durval Peralta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th match minute, maiores.f.c was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobias Rebocho to maneuver through the defense. Aristides Mascarenhas struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Nuno Pereira didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for maiores.f.c. After 39 minutes, Américo Vieira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Cardosos and the maiores.f.c players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, SC Cardosos's Américo Vieira got a free kick in the 39th minute. After 40 played minutes, maiores.f.c's Rafael Semedo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nuno Pereira came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in maiores.f.c reached it. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Nuno Pereira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aristides Mascarenhas, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Guarda in the 57th minute of play forced maiores.f.c's goalkeeper Durval Peralta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Antero Bragança was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. maiores.f.c's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SC Cardosos the free kick. Antero Bragança hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Sandro Magalhães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Cristiano Guarda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 65 minutes into the match, maiores.f.c's Nélson Lopes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nuno Pereira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Idalécio Manso hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After having played for 70 minutes, Cristiano Guarda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Cardosos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristiano Guarda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nélson Lopes got free with Nuno Pereira in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nélson Lopes's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 77thth minute, Nuno Pereira skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 79th minute, SC Cardosos's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nélson Lopes fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandro Magalhães in the 84th minute of play forced maiores.f.c's goalkeeper Durval Peralta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to maiores.f.c getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Idalécio Manso hit a great ball. In the 87th match minute, maiores.f.c was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amílcar Horta to maneuver through the defense. Cristiano Guarda recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 91st minute, Cristiano Guarda made a precise shot to the right of Durval Peralta. maiores.f.c's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After a rather tough play, SC Cardosos's Gonçalo Queirós got a free kick in the 94th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. SC Cardosos had played much better football throughout.