League Play-Off

José Alvalade XXI
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Ivo Medeiros made the kick off and thus started the match. Mateus Coelho scored 0-1 in the 2nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eliseu Madruga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Tomé Paredes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 14 minutes into the game, Samuelers's Mateus Coelho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eliseu Madruga made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Eliseu Madruga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Catarino Guterres in the 20th minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Duarte Anjos 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 26th minute Catarino Guterres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliseu Madruga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliseu Madruga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mateus Coelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Catarino Guterres received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Eliseu Madruga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Catarino Guterres blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eliseu Madruga having to make a save. If Mateus Coelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Catarino Guterres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mateus Coelho made a kick off. Eliseu Madruga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mateus Coelho went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Catarino Guterres recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Catarino Guterres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliseu Madruga having to interfere. Eliseu Madruga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mateus Coelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Sporting Clube Portugal's Eliseu Madruga got control of the ball when Catarino Guterres tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eliseu Madruga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mateus Coelho's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Ivo Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. António Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 76 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Catarino Guterres sped through Sporting Clube Portugal's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eliseu Madruga. Samuelers's Catarino Guterres got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Sporting Clube Portugal's goalkeeper Eliseu Madruga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Samuelers played a much better game than Sporting Clube Portugal and deserved their victory. The Sporting Clube Portugal players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.