League Play-Off

Estadio Delaes
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. Vítor Faro started the match with the kick off. Nuno Setúbal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Joaquim Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Cristiano Rocha fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Delaes FC's protests and gave Cristiano Rocha a yellow card for diving instead. Cristiano Rocha hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Pedro Barbosa's late challenge caught a Delaes FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Barbosa helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Maceira FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! José Ferreira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiago Pereira having to interfere. 26 minutes into the game, Pedro Santos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Maceira FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Delaes FC the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Maceira FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 25th minute. Penalty! Delfim Alves shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Nuno Setúbal recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Maceira FC's Pedro Gueifão got a free kick in the 32nd minute. After 35 played minutes Delaes FC got a freekick which was hit by Cristiano Rocha. José Ferreira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gustavo Henriques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Tiago Pereira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. José Ferreira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiago Pereira having to interfere. Vítor Faro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Tiago Pereira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nuno Setúbal made a kick off. Cristiano Rocha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Joaquim Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Delaes FC's Cristiano Rocha got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cristiano Rocha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Joaquim Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joaquim Reis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nuno Setúbal went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuno Setúbal in the 72nd minute of play forced Maceira FC's goalkeeper Joaquim Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Delaes FC's Tiago Pereira got control of the ball when José Ferreira tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 75th minute, Pedro Oliveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, José Ferreira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Maceira FC's supporters rose to their feet, but José Ferreira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tiago Pereira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Maceira FC's goalkeeper Joaquim Reis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 83rd minute, Vítor Faro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tiago Pereira. The goal made the score 2-1. Tiago Pereira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vítor Faro in the 91st minute of the match. Humberto Queirós hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Humberto Queirós hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Maceira FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.