League Play-Off

Estadio Mesas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Torgny Rydberg made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, fire20's Torgny Rydberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Viriato Pedroso narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in SC Mesas's zone, Torgny Rydberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Viriato Pedroso came out of the goal and Torgny Rydberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When fire20's Torgny Rydberg in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SC Mesas's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of fire20 booed when SC Mesas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aldo Palmeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute Torgny Rydberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viriato Pedroso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute, Salvador Tinoco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, fire20's António Lisboa tried to score from far away in the 14th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Serafim Bezerra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Magalhães was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 20th minute Torgny Rydberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viriato Pedroso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernardo Magalhães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafim Bezerra in the 23rd minute of the match. Viriato Pedroso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torgny Rydberg in the 25th minute of play. Viriato Pedroso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Torgny Rydberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aparício Lobato was extremely unlucky when he, in the 28th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Américo Henriques hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. 29 minutes into the match, SC Mesas's Adriano Fagundes broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. A collision led to fire20 getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Duarte Maia hit a great ball. Aparício Lobato kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Torgny Rydberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Viriato Pedroso was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Mesas's goalkeeper Viriato Pedroso, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. António Lisboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Viriato Pedroso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Torgny Rydberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Viriato Pedroso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Viriato Pedroso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torgny Rydberg in the 43rd minute of play. When Daniel Moutinho came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the fire20 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 Daniel Moutinho couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Serafim Bezerra to strike the kick off in the second half. Duarte Maia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viriato Pedroso having to interfere. In the 53rd minute Torgny Rydberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viriato Pedroso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joaquim Nunes kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Torgny Rydberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Torgny Rydberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. António Lisboa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. fire20's Torgny Rydberg got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. fire20 made a substitution. Alberto Coimbra replaced Américo Henriques. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Torgny Rydberg took a quick shot and it went in 0-1 without a chance for Viriato Pedroso to make any attempt to save it. After 77 minutes of play, fire20's Torgny Rydberg made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Viriato Pedroso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Viriato Pedroso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Torgny Rydberg went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Torgny Rydberg's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Viriato Pedroso skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 92 minutes, Alberto Coimbra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the fire20 and the SC Mesas players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alberto Coimbra kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match.