League Play-Off

Trancoso
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. Joel Sá started the match with the kick off. If Duarte Delgado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lourenço Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Patrício Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 17 minutes, Manuel Resende mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Trancoso and the SC Jungeiros players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to SC Trancoso getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Manuel Resende hit a great ball. 18 minutes into the match, SC Trancoso's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Sá came free, but Augusto Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to SC Trancoso getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Gonçalo Sousa hit a great ball. Augusto Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Sá in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimas Miguéis in the 26th minute of play forced SC Trancoso's goalkeeper Augusto Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lourenço Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Patrício Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Duarte Delgado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Patrício Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joel Sá received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Augusto Mendes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Miguel Lopes hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Sá in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Augusto Mendes saved SC Trancoso from getting behind. Carlos Branco charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carlos Branco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play.

Augusto Mendes made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Dimas Miguéis sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Duarte Delgado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrício Alcântara was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. When Lourenço Brito came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the SC Trancoso 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 Lourenço Brito couldn't finish the play. If Duarte Delgado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Patrício Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lourenço Brito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lourenço Brito in the 84th minute of play forced SC Jungeiros's goalkeeper Patrício Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Joel Sá had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Duarte Delgado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.