League Play-Off

Dragão Juniores
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emanuel Moutinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. Manuel Amorim charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manuel Amorim the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 6 minutes into the match, Porto Academia Juniores's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Moutinho came free, but Pedro Monteiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th match minute, Porto Academia Juniores was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Guarda to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute of the match Daniel Neto shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pedro Monteiro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Pedro Monteiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Moutinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 20th match minute, Porto Academia Juniores was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Amorim to maneuver through the defense. Nuno Azevedo might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over António Esteves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nuno Azevedo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Folgorosa FC's goalkeeper António Esteves, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Francisco Pinto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 29 minutes into the match, Folgorosa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nuno Azevedo came free, but António Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st match minute, Porto Academia Juniores was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sérgio Monteiro to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Daniel Neto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Folgorosa FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Neto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Monteiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Porto Academia Juniores's Pedro Monteiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Simões in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Simões in the 41st minute of play forced Porto Academia Juniores's goalkeeper Pedro Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute, Nuno Azevedo fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of António Esteves, passed just outside the right post. José Setúbal hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nuno Azevedo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Porto Academia Juniores's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Moutinho came free, but Pedro Monteiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Moutinho in the 55th minute of play forced Porto Academia Juniores's goalkeeper Pedro Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Folgorosa FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Neto in the 57th minute. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Neto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pedro Monteiro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. António Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nuno Azevedo in the 59th minute of play. Pedro Monteiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Moutinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Francisco Pinto's late challenge caught a Folgorosa FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Francisco Pinto helped the player get up and apologised. In the 63rd minute, Francisco Pinto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nuno Azevedo took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised António Esteves. António Esteves dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alfredo Trindade during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Porto Academia Juniores getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Alfredo Trindade hit a great ball. On his own Fernando Araújo managed to get through Porto Academia Juniores's defense and was going for a shot in the net, but Pedro Monteiro lunged to the right and managed in the last second get hold of the ball before it was to late. In the 72nd minute Folgorosa FC were awarded a corner. Daniel Neto went to the cornerflag to take it. Folgorosa FC's Daniel Neto was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pedro Monteiro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 77 minutes into the match, João Simões notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Porto Academia Juniores's Pedro Monteiro. Pedro Monteiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Porto Academia Juniores's Pedro Monteiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Porto Academia Juniores from getting a goal against them. Pedro Monteiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Moutinho in the 83rd minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, Porto Academia Juniores's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Moutinho came free, but Pedro Monteiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 88 played minutes Folgorosa FC got a freekick which was hit by Gustavo Rodrigues. Manuel Amorim hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 94th minute Fernando Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Monteiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.