League Play-Off

Estadio Repolao
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alex Rocha got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute Inácio Garcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evandro Ferraz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Almeirinhos's goalkeeper Abel Abreu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rodrigo Menezes. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Almeirinhos's goalkeeper Abel Abreu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 10th match minute, Almeirinhos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sérgio Tavares to maneuver through the defense. Rodrigo Menezes took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abel Abreu. Abel Abreu 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. Almeirinhos's David Neves got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 20th minute, Rodrigo Menezes made a precise shot to the right of Abel Abreu. Almeirinhos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Evandro Ferraz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Repolao's goalkeeper Evandro Ferraz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 41 minutes into the game, Inácio Garcia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Evandro Ferraz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 46 minutes into the match, SC Repolao's goal looked a bit too open when Inácio Garcia came free, but Evandro Ferraz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Inácio Garcia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpected shot in the 54th minute by David Neves got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Inácio Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alex Rocha recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Evandro Ferraz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Inácio Garcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. David Neves succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-2 in the 65th playminute. Abel Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Menezes, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Sebastião Rocha's late challenge caught a SC Repolao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastião Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Almeirinhos getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Sebastião Rocha hit a great ball. Abel Abreu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alex Rocha went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Abel Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Menezes, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Menezes in the 76th minute of play forced Almeirinhos's goalkeeper Abel Abreu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Rodrigo Menezes came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the SC Repolao 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 Rodrigo Menezes couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Delfim Soares during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Máximo Rangel shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Alex Rocha put it in 4-2 from a short distance just to the right of Abel Abreu. After 90 played minutes Almeirinhos got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Assis. Rodrigo Menezes scored 5-2 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abel Abreu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Almeirinhos getting a freekick after 99 minutes play. Sérgio Tavares hit a great ball. The SC Repolao support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.