League Play-Off

Estadio Arques
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luís Barbosa made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Arques's zone, Oliveira Abreu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Basílio Almeida came out of the goal and Oliveira Abreu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, SC Urros's Eduardo Coelho got control of the ball when Armindo Baptista tried to sneak it across the goal line. Armindo Baptista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eduardo Coelho having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Oliveira Abreu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Basílio Almeida was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Eduardo Coelho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Barbosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Arques's Basílio Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oliveira Abreu in the 20th minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Armindo Baptista notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of SC Urros's Eduardo Coelho. Eduardo Coelho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With his leg Eduardo Coelho managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Arques's Armindo Baptista fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to SC Urros getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Henrique Moreira hit a great ball. Luís Barbosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Oliveira Abreu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Oliveira Abreu made the kick off in the second half. Luís Barbosa scored 2-0 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eduardo Coelho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If António Pinto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Luís Barbosa came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Arques fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Luís Barbosa couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armindo Baptista in the 67th minute of play forced SC Urros's goalkeeper Eduardo Coelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 74 played minutes SC Urros got a freekick which was hit by David Oliveira. In the 80th minute, Luís Barbosa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 82 minutes into the match, SC Urros's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Barbosa came free, but Eduardo Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 86 played minutes SC Urros got a freekick which was hit by Filipe Carneiro. In the 87th minute of the match Adolfo Neto sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eduardo Coelho skillfully saved the ball. Luís Dias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arques's Basílio Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oliveira Abreu in the 94th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Arques had won after a very even match.