League Play-Off

Almocrim Arena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Simão Teixeira made the kick off which started today's match. Vicente Álvares recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 2nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lúcio Zambujal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simão Teixeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, SC Almocrim's Francisco Igrejas got a free kick in the 7th minute. SC Almocrim's Lúcio Zambujal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simão Teixeira in the 15th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in SC Almocrim's zone, Gabriel Dias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lúcio Zambujal came out of the goal and Gabriel Dias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Simão Teixeira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 24th minute, Diamantino Magalhães hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 25 played minutes SC Almocrim got a freekick which was hit by Vicente Álvares. After having played for 27 minutes, Simão Teixeira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Queira's supporters crossed their fingers, but Simão Teixeira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lúcio Zambujal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Dias in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, Gabriel Dias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lúcio Zambujal. SC Almocrim's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gabriel Dias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some careless play in the SC Almocrim defense, Gabriel Dias kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lúcio Zambujal. The SC Almocrim fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lúcio Zambujal should have stopped the shot. 39 minutes into the game, Gabriel Dias cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Lúcio Zambujal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vicente Álvares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gil Viana tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Carlos Tavares. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-3 in the 52nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Evandro Amaral in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Carlos Tavares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Simão Teixeira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lúcio Zambujal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. With a little luck, SC Almocrim's Lúcio Zambujal got control of the ball when Gabriel Dias tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 78th minute, Diamantino Magalhães hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gabriel Dias blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lúcio Zambujal having to make a save. Lúcio Zambujal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simão Teixeira in the 83rd minute of the match. Simão Teixeira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lúcio Zambujal having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, Francisco Igrejas notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of SC Queira's Carlos Tavares. Carlos Tavares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Diamantino Magalhães kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. SC Queira played a much better game than SC Almocrim and deserved their victory. The SC Almocrim players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.