League Play-Off

Albarraque
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joaquim Amaro made the kick off which started today's match. Lucas Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nuno Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrique Guarda having to interfere. Marco Neves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrique Guarda having to interfere. After 11 minutes, Marco Neves made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Albarraque FC's Henrique Guarda tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nuno Machado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 20 minutes into the match, Nuno Machado had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrique Guarda. Albarraque FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nuno Machado was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Henrique Guarda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Machado, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After some careless play in the Albarraque FC defense, Nuno Machado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henrique Guarda. The Albarraque FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henrique Guarda should have stopped the shot. Joaquim Amaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Lucas Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 45 played minutes Albarraque FC got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Ribeiro. André Machado took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Henrique Guarda. Albarraque FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

The wind increased when Nuno Machado made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Joaquim Amaro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adelino Ribeiro was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 54th minute, Joaquim Amaro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Albarraque FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Marco Neves's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Henrique Guarda firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 60th minute Joaquim Amaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adelino Ribeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Catarino Garcia hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. The supporters of SC Giraldos booed when Albarraque FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernando Tavares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Henrique Guarda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nuno Machado in the 70th minute of the match. Nuno Machado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Henrique Guarda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 73 minutes, Henrique Guarda successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 83 minutes into the match, Marco Neves notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Albarraque FC's Henrique Guarda. Henrique Guarda was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gaspar Simões during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gaspar Simões hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Pedro Magalhães blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Adelino Ribeiro having to make a save. 94 minutes into the game, Américo Marques was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Giraldos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Albarraque FC the free kick. In the 94th minute, Américo Marques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.