League Play-Off

Linho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Pedro Soares started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Alexandre Miranda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Humberto Castro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vítor Gomes made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Gustavo Vaz sent off a good shot on target. In the 16th minute, Sandro Anjos fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Vítor Gomes, passed just outside the right post. After 29 minutes, Basílio Santos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Linho and the Povoeiras FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, SC Linho's Basílio Santos got a free kick in the 29th minute. After a rather tough play, SC Linho's Mário Andrade got a free kick in the 31st minute. 34 minutes into the match, SC Linho's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandre Miranda came free, but Humberto Castro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Humberto Castro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre Miranda, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. SC Linho's Carlos Fontes shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 41st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Vítor Gomes but with some difficulty. Humberto Castro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandre Miranda in the 45th minute of the match. In the 46th minute Alexandre Miranda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Humberto Castro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gustavo Vaz was the one to do the kick off. Povoeiras FC's Vítor Gomes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sandro Anjos in the 60th minute of play. Povoeiras FC's Vítor Gomes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mário Andrade in the 62nd minute of play. Alexandre Miranda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Humberto Castro having to interfere. In the 65th minute, Amílcar Aleixo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vítor Gomes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Vaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the game, Alexandre Miranda cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Humberto Castro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pedro Soares struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Humberto Castro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Povoeiras FC. After 82 minutes of play SC Linho's Basílio Santos was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Basílio Santos kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Alexandre Miranda managed to get in a good position for a shot. Povoeiras FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Alexandre Miranda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Humberto Castro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. SC Linho's Humberto Castro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Soares in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Alexandre Miranda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Povoeiras FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. SC Linho's Humberto Castro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save SC Linho from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Povoeiras FC's Pedro Soares slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Humberto Castro. That made the score 0-4 after 94 minutes of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Povoeiras FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.