League Play-Off

Arcos
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Francisco Torres started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 13th minute, Arcos FC's Francisco Torres ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ricardo Nunes. Ricardo Nunes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 21stth minute of the game Francisco Torres who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Sabacheira's Ricardo Nunes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Amílcar Marques succeeded in the game's 28th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. David Neto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rodrigo Morais read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. Rodrigo Morais stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amílcar Marques's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. David Neto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ricardo Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastião Dias in the 46th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Amílcar Marques made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Arcos FC's Sebastião Dias got a free kick in the 54th minute. A hard shot by Vítor Ferro from long distance, 54 minutes into the match, got Rodrigo Morais's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Sebastião Dias's late challenge caught a SC Sabacheira's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastião Dias helped the player get up and apologised. Sebastião Dias kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Rodrigo Morais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amílcar Marques, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute, Lucas Santarém sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and SC Sabacheira's Ricardo Nunes didn't even have to move. David Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodrigo Morais having to interfere. Ricardo Nunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Almeida in the 65th minute of the match. In the 67th minute Amílcar Marques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Morais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ricardo Nunes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viriato Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. SC Sabacheira's Ricardo Nunes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viriato Almeida in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amílcar Marques in the 74th minute of play forced Arcos FC's goalkeeper Rodrigo Morais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that Vítor Ferro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rodrigo Morais quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to SC Sabacheira getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Pedro Valente hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Arcos FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Amílcar Marques fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Rodrigo Morais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amílcar Marques in the 89th minute of the match. After 95 minutes of play, SC Sabacheira's David Neto made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodrigo Morais was left in no man's land by his defense there! The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. SC Sabacheira walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.