League Play-Off

Estadio Farelo
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. Luís Sá started the match with the kick off. When Álvaro Valente fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Coxerro FC's protests and gave Álvaro Valente a yellow card for diving instead. Álvaro Valente hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute, Alberto Miranda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Sá sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute, Vicente Santarém 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. Rafael Tavares kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. In the 14thth minute of the game Fernando Queirós who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Farelo FC's Daniel Baptista was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fernando Baptista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Sá, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21stth minute of the game Fernando Queirós who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Farelo FC's Daniel Baptista was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Basílio Martins succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 23rd playminute. Duarte Azevedo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 27th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Daniel Baptista. Farelo FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Coxerro FC's Fernando Baptista proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Coxerro FC from getting a goal against them. During the 34th minute of the match Álvaro Valente completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Álvaro Valente a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Farelo FC booed when Coxerro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Álvaro Valente didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexandre Faria's late challenge caught a Farelo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alexandre Faria helped the player get up and apologised. Alexandre Faria hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Luís Lopes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Baptista having to interfere. 43 minutes in the game, Luís Sá fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Fernando Baptista having to interfere. André Garcia kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. 46 minutes in the game, Luís Sá fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Fernando Baptista having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fernando Queirós to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Luís Sá notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Coxerro FC's Fernando Baptista. Fernando Baptista was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Fernando Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Farelo FC booed when Coxerro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cláudio Santarém didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fernando Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Maia, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Sá in the 60th minute of play forced Coxerro FC's goalkeeper Fernando Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fernando Baptista didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Sá went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Fernando Queirós's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Daniel Baptista firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 71st match minute, Farelo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Lopes to maneuver through the defense. Fernando Queirós struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Daniel Baptista didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Coxerro FC. In the 80th match minute, Farelo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fábio Pinheiro to maneuver through the defense. Fernando Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Sá in the 87th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, João Castro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fernando Queirós got free with Daniel Baptista in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. André Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Farelo FC had won after a very even match.