League Play-Off

Estadio Crasto
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aquilino Godinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Crasto's goal looked a bit too open when Armindo Mota came free, but António Bacelar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Armindo Mota in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg António Bacelar saved Crasto from getting behind. Crasto's António Bacelar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armindo Mota in the 9th minute of play. António Bacelar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from António Paredes in the 18th minute of the match. Armindo Mota received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. António Bacelar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 26 minutes into the game, António Paredes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. António Bacelar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bruno Bragança fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 36th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. In the 38th minute, Viriato Abreu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by António Paredes during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. António Paredes hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Bruno Bragança's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Simão Leal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. In the 46th minute of the match Crasto got a corner. Godel's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Frederico Passos ran over to the corner to take the kick. António Bacelar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armindo Mota, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 48th minute, Armindo Mota got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Armindo Mota was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Crasto's goalkeeper António Bacelar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Viriato Abreu. Godel were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Crasto's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Xavier Matos took the corner. Xavier Matos made a great header on Godel's corner, it was just that Crasto's António Bacelar managed to reach the ball for a save. Godel's Armindo Mota got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Crasto's goalkeeper António Bacelar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Crasto's António Bacelar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armindo Mota in the 69th minute of play. Armindo Mota sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 75 minutes into the match, Crasto's goalkeeper António Bacelar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Viriato Abreu. After 76 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Crasto! The referee gave Godel a penalty, 78 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Xavier Matos, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Crasto's António Bacelar. 0-3. Armindo Mota sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuno Guarda in the 87th minute of play forced Crasto's goalkeeper António Bacelar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. António Bacelar was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and António Paredes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. António Paredes really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. With a little luck, Crasto's António Bacelar got control of the ball when Viriato Abreu tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 98 minutes, Armindo Mota took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for António Bacelar to make any attempt to save it. When the match was over Godel could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Crasto throughout the match.