League Play-Off

Estadio Ventureira
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Caetano Paixão made the kick off which started today's match. When SC Ventureira's Sandro Nóbrega in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Atletico de Madrid's goalie prevented a goal. Moisés Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gualter Trindade made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Moisés Mendonça sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Moisés Mendonça got free with Gualter Trindade in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Sandro Nóbrega's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gualter Trindade was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Laércio Moniz's late challenge caught a SC Ventureira's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laércio Moniz helped the player get up and apologised. After 30 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Atletico de Madrid! Sandro Nóbrega sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Moisés Mendonça received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Gualter Trindade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moisés Mendonça who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 42ndth minute tested the skills of Gualter Trindade when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of Atletico de Madrid booed when SC Ventureira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Rebocho didn't get a good kick on the ball. David Ferrão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danilo lago in the 45th minute of play. If Sandro Nóbrega had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sandro Nóbrega stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gualter Trindade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moisés Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mário Damásio charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mário Damásio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 64 minutes into the game, one of SC Ventureira:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 71 minutes of play, SC Ventureira's Sandro Nóbrega made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gualter Trindade was left in no man's land by his defense there! Caetano Paixão 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. David Ferrão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caetano Paixão in the 82nd minute of the match. David Ferrão made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Danilo lago sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of SC Ventureira booed when Atletico de Madrid was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nuno Sampaio didn't get a good kick on the ball. If João Rebocho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandro Nóbrega in the 96th minute of play forced Atletico de Madrid's goalkeeper Gualter Trindade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sandro Nóbrega scored 3-1 in the 98th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gualter Trindade, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.