League Play-Off

Estadio Toita
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomás Martins started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Tabuadela was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Amorim to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Toita's Cristiano Baptista dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After 16 played minutes, Toita's Gustavo Matos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Cristóvão Pinho 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 Toita reached it. Tiago Maia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Cristóvão Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristiano Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tabuadela's goalkeeper Cristóvão Pinho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tabuadela's goalkeeper Cristóvão Pinho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 30 minutes into the match, Tabuadela's Tomás Martins sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Joaquim Mendes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tiago Maia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristóvão Pinho having to interfere. Gustavo Matos's late challenge caught a Tabuadela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gustavo Matos helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Tabuadela booed when Toita was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gustavo Matos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rui Moutinho didn't quite understand what happened when in the 41 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Bruno Veiga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joaquim Mendes having to interfere. When Tabuadela's Tomás Martins in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Toita's goalie prevented a goal. In the 47th match minute, Toita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipe Amorim to maneuver through the defense.

Tomás Martins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 57 played minutes Tabuadela got a freekick which was hit by Joaquim Pinto. 58 minutes into the match, Toita's Cristiano Moutinho broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiago Maia in the 62nd minute of play forced Tabuadela's goalkeeper Cristóvão Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristiano Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Tomás Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joaquim Mendes was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. In the 77th minute Cristiano Baptista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristóvão Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bruno Veiga got free with Joaquim Mendes in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Filipe Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristóvão Pinho having to interfere. Toita's Joaquim Mendes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Toita from getting a goal against them. José Morais's late challenge caught a Tabuadela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Morais helped the player get up and apologised. After 87 played minutes Toita got a freekick which was hit by José Morais. 97 minutes into the match, Filipe Amorim notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Tabuadela's Cristóvão Pinho. Cristóvão Pinho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. For all the effort they put into the match, the Tabuadela players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Toita.