League Play-Off

Estádio da Luz
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Leonardo Palmeira started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Simão Diegues took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Américo Frois. Américo Frois dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonardo Palmeira in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jordão Almeida saved SL Benfica from getting behind. Leonardo Palmeira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jordão Almeida having to make a save. Jordão Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonardo Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Jordão Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonardo Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute Leonardo Palmeira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jordão Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonardo Palmeira kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. In the 25thth minute of the game Márcio Ferro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Talasnas's Américo Frois was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Leonardo Palmeira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gualter Pereira hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Simão Diegues received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Américo Frois tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SL Benfica's Jordão Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Palmeira in the 41st minute of play. Américo Frois stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Márcio Ferro's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. 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.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Simão Diegues in the 59th minute of play forced Talasnas's goalkeeper Américo Frois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Márcio Ferro managed to get in a good position for a shot. SL Benfica's supporters rose to their feet, but Márcio Ferro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Américo Frois breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Simão Diegues might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Américo Frois. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Simão Diegues ran back to his position shaking his head. Américo Frois didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when SL Benfica's Márcio Ferro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Gonçalo Lamego's late challenge caught a Talasnas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gonçalo Lamego helped the player get up and apologised. After 75 played minutes SL Benfica got a freekick which was hit by Gonçalo Lamego. In a very dangerous position, a player in SL Benfica fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 76th minute. Penalty! Joaquim Brás shot the penalty kick right outside the post. After some careless play in the SL Benfica defense, Carlos Eiró kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jordão Almeida. The SL Benfica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jordão Almeida should have stopped the shot. In the 95th minute Márcio Ferro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Américo Frois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the Talasnas players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for SL Benfica.