League Play-Off

Estadio Marateca
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Luís Pedroso started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. José Nogueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Vítor Marques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, José Nogueira 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. Luís Pedroso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor Marques having to interfere. Vítor Marques took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Pedroso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 17 played minutes SC Escariz got a freekick which was hit by Hélder Amorim. Jaime Bessa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 26th minute Luís Pedroso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Marques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Marateca FC's goalkeeper Vítor Marques, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 28thth minute of the game José Nogueira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Marateca FC's Vítor Marques was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 31 played minutes SC Escariz got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel Campos. In the 32nd minute, Xavier Neto 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. With a little luck, SC Escariz's Vítor Matos got control of the ball when Bernardo Moura tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vítor Matos didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 36th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. The supporters of SC Escariz booed when Marateca FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rogério Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jaime Bessa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 47 minutes, Lucas Vale mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Escariz and the Marateca FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

David Pinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor Marques having to interfere. Jaime Bessa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luís Pedroso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Pedroso in the 64th minute of play forced Marateca FC's goalkeeper Vítor Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mariano Ferro hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Vítor Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Pedroso, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. When Óscar Araújo fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Marateca FC's protests and gave Óscar Araújo a yellow card for diving instead. In the 70th minute, Óscar Araújo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Pedroso didn't have the luck on his side when he, from a short distance, got a opportunity for a shot on goal in the 71st minute. The shot missed the goal on the right side and Luís Pedroso ran dejectedly back to his position. José Nogueira in the 74thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Vítor Marques, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The audience was convinced that Bernardo Moura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vítor Matos was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Nogueira got free with Vítor Marques in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. José Nogueira scored 1-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vítor Marques, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luís Pedroso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Escariz were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.