League Play-Off

Tarouquela
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bruno Pires got the match started through his kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Carrazede's goalkeeper António Costa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luís Domingues. Rui Dias charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rui Dias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th minute, Rui Dias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mariano Miranda received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. António Costa came out and tried to block the shot, but Mariano Miranda slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 14th minute. António Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Miranda, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. With a little luck, Carrazede's António Costa got control of the ball when Xavier Alves tried to sneak it across the goal line. António Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Miranda in the 23rd minute of play. Rodrigo Araújo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. António Costa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. António Costa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Miranda in the 32nd minute of the match. Luís Domingues struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. António Costa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tarouquela. In the 38th minute Mariano Miranda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but António Costa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Carrazede's Alexandre Macedo got a free kick in the 43rd minute. 46 minutes into the match, Mariano Miranda notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Carrazede's António Costa. António Costa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mariano Miranda to make the kick off. António Costa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Domingues went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After 62 played minutes, Tarouquela's Daniel Leal shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper António Costa came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tarouquela reached it. If Luís Domingues had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 65 minutes into the match, Carrazede's goal looked a bit too open when Xavier Alves came free, but António Costa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. António Costa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luís Domingues took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised António Costa. António Costa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. António Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Miranda in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Mariano Miranda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tarouquela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. In the 81st minute Luís Domingues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but António Costa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luís Domingues in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg António Costa saved Carrazede from getting behind. 89 minutes into the match, Carrazede's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Araújo came free, but António Costa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 90 minutes into the game, Tarouquela's Jorge Esteves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. António Costa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. In the 94th minute, Xavier Alves left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tarouquela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Tarouquela's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.