League Play-Off

Estadio Catives
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alexandre Falcão started the match with the kick off. With an all-out effort, Catives's Gentil Maltez threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bento Pereira, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pedro Pacheco got free with Gentil Maltez in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bento Pereira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gentil Maltez having to interfere. After 8 minutes, Alfredo Gentil mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marco and the Catives players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alfredo Gentil hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Gentil Maltez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bento Pereira in the 11th minute of play. Reinaldo Santos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Álvaro Tavares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Bento Pereira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luís Trindade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Marco getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Amado Matos hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Bento Pereira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gentil Maltez was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Marco's Reinaldo Santos managed to work through Catives's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Reinaldo Santos dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Luís Trindades short, quick shot in the 36thth minute got Gentil Maltez to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Alexandre Falcão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bento Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Gentil Maltez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Reinaldo Santos got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bento Pereira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Falcão in the 55th minute of play forced Catives's goalkeeper Álvaro Tavares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Marco's goalkeeper Gentil Maltez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marco's Gentil Maltez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Trindade in the 62nd minute of play. The supporters of Catives booed when Marco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristiano Sarmento didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luís Trindade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Catives's Bento Pereira in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Marco's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Luís Trindade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gentil Maltez was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Bento Pereira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Luís Trindade sped through Marco's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gentil Maltez. Alexandre Falcão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Catives's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Alexandre Falcão scored to the left of an out of position Álvaro Tavares, making the score, 2-1. Catives's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.