League Play-Off

Estadio Gebelim
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Henrique Torres kicked off to start the match. With his leg Gil Tavares managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Gebelim's Rui Andrade fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Paulo Alves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gil Tavares having to interfere. Luís Faria's late challenge caught a Gebelim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luís Faria helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, SC Laseira's Luís Faria got a free kick in the 10th minute. When Henrique Torres came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the SC Laseira 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 Henrique Torres couldn't finish the play. Fernando Delgado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Moreira having to interfere. Henrique Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Moreira having to interfere. If Luís Faria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. João Moreira came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Laseira's Fernando Delgado. But to his dismay, Fernando Delgado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Luís Faria was shown his second yellow card after 37 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 38th minute, Luís Faria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fernando Delgado in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck João Moreira prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gil Tavares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Freitas in the 46th minute of the match. Paulo Alves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gil Tavares having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Gil Tavares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Alves in the 57th minute of the match. In the 58th match minute, SC Laseira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredo Carneiro to maneuver through the defense. Alfredo Carneiro hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the game, Paulo Alves cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Gil Tavares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Paulo Alves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 72nd minute Rui Andrade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gil Tavares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernando Delgado's late challenge caught a Gebelim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fernando Delgado helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SC Laseira getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Fernando Delgado hit a great ball. 84 minutes into the match, SC Laseira's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Alves came free, but Gil Tavares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rui Andrade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.