League Play-Off

Estádio do Carvalho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Afonso Pereira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cintra FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Afonso Pereira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Diego Aragão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A hard shot by Evandro Vilalobos from long distance, 7 minutes into the match, got Domingos Aleixo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After some careless play in the Razaak FC defense, Alexandre Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Diego Aragão. The Razaak FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Diego Aragão should have stopped the shot. When Alexandre Cunha came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Cintra FC 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 Alexandre Cunha couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicolas Lima in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Domingos Aleixo saved Cintra FC from getting behind. In the 20th minute, Nicolas Lima fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Domingos Aleixo, passed just outside the right post. In the 23rd minute Afonso Pereira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diego Aragão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Afonso Pereira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 26 minutes of play, Cintra FC's Afonso Pereira made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diego Aragão was left in no man's land by his defense there! Evandro Vilalobos's late challenge caught a Cintra FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Evandro Vilalobos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 35th match minute, Razaak FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evandro Vilalobos to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 41 minutes, Alexandre Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cintra FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexandre Cunha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 46th minute, Cintra FC's Augusto Barros seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Augusto Barros the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Cintra FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Augusto Barros had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 46th minute, one of Cintra FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Cintra FC.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicolas Lima to make the kick off. After 56 minutes Cintra FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Julião Coelho who took care of the corner kick. Gil Leiria's late challenge caught a Razaak FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gil Leiria helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th minute, Gil Leiria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nicolas Lima blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Domingos Aleixo having to make a save. Mateus Amorim blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Domingos Aleixo having to make a save. If Mateus Amorim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 77 minutes into the match, Cintra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolas Lima came free, but Domingos Aleixo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diego Aragão was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Heitor Guarda. Cintra FC's Afonso Pereira got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mateus Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Domingos Aleixo having to interfere. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.