League Play-Off

Amoreira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Américo Ponte got the match started through his kick off. When Domingos Correia came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Conlelas 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 Domingos Correia couldn't finish the play. 17 minutes into the game, Conlelas FC 's Mariano Pinheiro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Fontes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Domingos Correia might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Fontes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Domingos Correia ran back to his position shaking his head. If Mariano Pinheiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rodrigo Moutinho might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Fontes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rodrigo Moutinho ran back to his position shaking his head. If Rodrigo Moutinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rodrigo Moutinho took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ricardo Fontes. Ricardo Fontes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After a defensive mix-up in Conlelas FC 's zone, Américo Ponte stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Afonso Gonçalves came out of the goal and Américo Ponte tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mariano Pinheiro to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Amoreira FC's zone, Rodrigo Moutinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Fontes came out of the goal and Rodrigo Moutinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Domingos Correia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ricardo Fontes stood somewhat misplaced when Mariano Pinheiro came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 63 minute. 67 minutes into the match, Amoreira FC's goalkeeper Ricardo Fontes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rodrigo Moutinho. After 73 minutes of play, Amoreira FC's Teodoro Lousada made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Afonso Gonçalves was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodoro Lousada in the 76th minute of play forced Conlelas FC 's goalkeeper Afonso Gonçalves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Fontes made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Mariano Pinheiro sent off a good shot on target. Ricardo Fontes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rodrigo Moutinho in the 79th minute. In the 80th minute Mariano Pinheiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Fontes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Amoreira FC getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Manuel Garcia hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Rodrigo Moutinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Conlelas FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. Ricardo Fontes made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Rodrigo Moutinho sent off a good shot on target. If Domingos Correia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Domingos Correia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Ricardo Fontes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Conlelas FC 's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.