League Play-Off

Brandariz
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Basílio Castro kicked off to start the match. The supporters of SC Brandariz booed when SC Tuizelo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Cruz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Simão Ramos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Ferreira having to interfere. Cândido Vale's late challenge caught a SC Brandariz's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cândido Vale helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SC Tuizelo getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Cândido Vale hit a great ball. Basílio Castro took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised André Ferreira. André Ferreira dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Cristóvão Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Dantas in the 11th minute of play. SC Brandariz's Cristóvão Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Dantas in the 12th minute of play. Cristóvão Brito came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Tuizelo's Vicente Vale. But to his dismay, Vicente Vale quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Simão Ramos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but André Ferreira read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th match minute, SC Tuizelo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cândido Vale to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, SC Tuizelo's André Ferreira got control of the ball when Simão Ramos tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, SC Brandariz's André Ferreira threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Basílio Castro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 30th minute, one of SC Tuizelo:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for SC Tuizelo. 2-1 came through a penalty shot after 32 played minutes, when SC Brandariz:s Rafael Nascimento calmly waited for SC Tuizelo:s goalkeeper to move before he rolled in the ball by the right post. Jorge Dantas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristóvão Brito having to interfere. After having played for 42 minutes, Vicente Vale managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Tuizelo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vicente Vale was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 46 minutes, João Baptista mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Brandariz and the SC Tuizelo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th match minute, SC Brandariz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Baptista to maneuver through the defense. João Baptista kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vicente Vale to strike the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Jorge Dantas managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Tuizelo's supporters rose to their feet, but Jorge Dantas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristóvão Brito breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Jorge Dantas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorge Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 67 played minutes SC Brandariz got a freekick which was hit by João Baptista. André Ferreira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basílio Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. The SC Brandariz fans' excitement grew in the 78th match minute when SC Brandariz's Simão Ramos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. André Ferreira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Basílio Castro in the 82nd minute of the match. Jorge Dantas scored 3-2 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristóvão Brito, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristóvão Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicente Vale in the 92nd minute of play. In the 96th minute, Simão Ramos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. André Ferreira was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. The SC Brandariz players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.