League Play-Off

Couto
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Fernando Coimbra made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Daniel Figueiredo sent off a good shot on target. Cristiano Nogueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Coimbra having to interfere. A collision led to Couto FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Daniel Gueifão hit a great ball. In the 16th minute, Cláudio Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 17 minutes, Bernardo Gueifão mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Curopos and the Couto FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Curopos's Bernardo Gueifão got a free kick in the 17th minute. Curopos's Fernando Coimbra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Curopos from getting a goal against them. Nuno Nogueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simão Leão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristiano Nogueira succeeded in the game's 27th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Curopos's goalkeeper Fernando Coimbra, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Couto FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Daniel Gueifão hit a great ball. Augusto Magalhães, 33 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Couto FC's zone, Simão Leão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nuno Nogueira came out of the goal and Simão Leão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Couto FC's Nuno Nogueira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cândido Branco in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Couto FC's Daniel Figueiredo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fernando Coimbra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cândido Branco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nuno Nogueira read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. Cândido Branco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nuno Nogueira read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cândido Branco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Simão Leão came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Curopos 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 Simão Leão couldn't finish the play. Fernando Coimbra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Figueiredo in the 68th minute of play. Couto FC's Cristiano Nogueira got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Curopos booed when Couto FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastião Guerreiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Cristiano Nogueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristiano Nogueira struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Fernando Coimbra didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Couto FC. In the 88th minute André Fernandes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Coimbra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Daniel Figueiredo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernando Coimbra was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Fernando Coimbra stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Figueiredo's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. Couto FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Cândido Branco 94 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.