League Play-Off

Estadio Cristelos
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jacinto Rodrigues took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th match minute, Ourenta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abílio Miguéis to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Mendonça in the 7th minute of play forced Cristelos FC's goalkeeper Miguel Fontes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 9 minutes, Abílio Miguéis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ourenta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abílio Miguéis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Cristelos FC's Gustavo Soares got a free kick in the 27th minute. Baltasar Campos missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 29 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Miguel Fontes right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in Cristelos FC's zone, Juliano Avelar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miguel Fontes came out of the goal and Juliano Avelar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 36 minutes of play, Ourenta's Abílio Miguéis made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Miguel Fontes was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Ourenta's Igor Mendonça in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cristelos FC's goalie prevented a goal. When Abílio Miguéis came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Ourenta 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 Abílio Miguéis couldn't finish the play. Alberto Maia hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cristelos FC's zone, Abílio Miguéis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miguel Fontes came out of the goal and Abílio Miguéis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

If Jacinto Rodrigues had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Miguel Fontes was out of position in the 63 minute of play, and Igor Mendonça capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Igor Mendonça really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. 66 minutes into the match, Abílio Miguéis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Miguel Fontes. Cristelos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abílio Miguéis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Gustavo Soares kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Baltasar Campos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 71st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Miguel Fontes. Cristelos FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Valério Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henrique Gonçalves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Mendonça fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miguel Fontes having to interfere. Igor Mendonça was extremely unlucky when he, in the 83rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Miguel Fontes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abílio Miguéiss short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got Miguel Fontes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 91st match minute, Cristelos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francisco Garcia to maneuver through the defense. Ourenta's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.