League Play-Off

Estadio Baldio
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexandrino Peralta got the match started through his kick off. Alexandrino Peralta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Leão having to interfere. After 6 minutes of play, FcFake's Rubim Patrício made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manuel Leão was left in no man's land by his defense there! Filipe Aleixo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Lucas Sampaio made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Alberto Miranda managed to get in a good position for a shot. Baldio's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Miranda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lucas Sampaio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lucas Sampaio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rubim Patrício fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Leão having to interfere. António Aguiar's late challenge caught a FcFake's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. António Aguiar helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FcFake booed when Baldio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. António Aguiar didn't get a good kick on the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Baldio's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandrino Peralta came free, but Manuel Leão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FcFake's Alexandrino Peralta got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Xavier Assunção had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lucas Sampaio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Miranda in the 42nd minute of the match. Rubim Patrício fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Leão having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Alberto Miranda made the kick off in the second half. If Alberto Miranda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lucas Sampaio came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Baldio's Alberto Miranda. But to his dismay, Alberto Miranda quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After some careless play in the FcFake defense, Xavier Assunção kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lucas Sampaio. The FcFake fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lucas Sampaio should have stopped the shot. Lucas Sampaio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alberto Miranda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Lucas Sampaio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72ndth minute of the game Alberto Miranda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FcFake's Lucas Sampaio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Xavier Assunção received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Lucas Sampaio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alberto Miranda recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Xavier Assunção blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lucas Sampaio having to make a save. In the 88th minute Xavier Assunção shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Sampaio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Rubim Patrício notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Baldio's Manuel Leão. Manuel Leão was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Xavier Assunção's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lucas Sampaio was relentless in the 98th minute of the game. There was no doubt that Baldio were the better team. Baldio's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.