League Play-Off

Sarabagos
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when João Lopes made the kick off which started today's match. João Lopes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. André Correia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lúcio Leão in the 8th minute of play forced Sarabagos FC's goalkeeper André Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute Carlos Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Correia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute José Trindade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Correia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, João Lopes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Portal's supporters rose to their feet, but João Lopes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. André Correia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 17th minute Lúcio Leão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Correia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If João Lopes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. André Correia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Lopes in the 24th minute of the match. The referee gave Portal a penalty, 31 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Júlio Luz, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Sarabagos FC's André Correia. 0-1. If José Trindade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Trindade in the 36th minute of play forced Sarabagos FC's goalkeeper André Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. João Lopes took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised André Correia. André Correia dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Baltasar Linhares was the one to do the kick off. After 50 played minutes Portal got a freekick which was hit by Lúcio Leão. In the 55th minute, Carlos Amaral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 57 minutes into the match, José Trindade had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of André Correia. Sarabagos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that José Trindade was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. José Trindade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. André Correia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Lopes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. André Correia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. André Correia made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Lúcio Leão sent off a good shot on target. André Correia made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Carlos Amaral sent off a good shot on target. After 81 played minutes Sarabagos FC got a freekick which was hit by António Rodrigues. João Lopes scored 0-4 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of André Correia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 89th match minute, Portal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Assunção to maneuver through the defense. Portal's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Júlio Luz in the 99th minute. A nice corner shot did that João Lopes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this André Correia quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.