League Play-Off

Piedade
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Bento Teixeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Ribeiro in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute José Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bento Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rui Mourão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Gabriel Oliveira made a huge save. Alexandre Reis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Bento Teixeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filipe Quirino's late challenge caught a SC Grota's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filipe Quirino helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of SC Grota booed when SC Piedade was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filipe Quirino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mário Coimbra took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bento Teixeira. SC Piedade's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 19th minute, António Leão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bernardo Lobo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 20th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Alexandre Reis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bento Teixeira was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Bento Teixeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. José Ribeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bento Teixeira having to interfere. After having played for 33 minutes, Alexandre Reis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Grota's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexandre Reis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bento Teixeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandre Reis in the 35th minute of the match. Bento Teixeira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Geraldo Melo to strike the kick off in the second half. José Ribeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Bento Teixeira made a huge save. If Alexandre Reis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Alexandre Reis managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Grota's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexandre Reis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bento Teixeira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 66 minutes into the match, SC Grota's José Ribeiro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bento Teixeira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Rui Mourão made a precise shot to the right of Gabriel Oliveira. SC Grota's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. José Ribeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Bento Teixeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, SC Piedade's Cândido Amaro got a free kick in the 71st minute. A collision led to SC Grota getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Óscar Baptista hit a great ball. Rui Mourão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Alexandre Reis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. José Ribeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gabriel Oliveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geraldo Melo in the 93rd minute of play. In the 97th minute of the match Adriano Montenegro shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gabriel Oliveira showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. SC Grota's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because SC Piedade had won, even though SC Grota had held more of the ball.