League Play-Off

Estadio Arez
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when José Machado got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Casario FC's goalkeeper Paulo Freitas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xavier Pinto. After 10 minutes, Filipe Brás mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Casario FC and the Arez FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 10 minutes into the game, one of Casario FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Paulo Freitas, was totally fooled by Arez FC's Duarte Mendes, who 11 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Paulo Freitas was a little too slow when Vítor Ribeiro got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 2-0. After 19 played minutes Arez FC got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Delgado. Gonçalo Pedroso's late challenge caught a Arez FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gonçalo Pedroso helped the player get up and apologised. After 21 played minutes Casario FC got a freekick which was hit by Gonçalo Pedroso. Paulo Freitas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vítor Ribeiro in the 30th minute of the match. Manuel Figueiredo hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute of the match Luís Melo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fernando Ferreira showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Paulo Freitas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Vítor Ribeiro showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 40 minute of play. When Gonçalo Pedroso came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Casario FC 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 Gonçalo Pedroso couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vítor Ribeiro made a kick off. If Gonçalo Pedroso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Arez FC's Alberto Moreira got a free kick in the 53rd minute. José Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Ferreira having to interfere. David Maia kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Xavier Pinto sped through Casario FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Paulo Freitas. Paulo Freitas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xavier Pinto in the 68th minute of play. In the 80th minute, José Machado 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. In the 86thth minute of the game Vítor Ribeiro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Casario FC's Paulo Freitas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Paulo Freitas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vítor Ribeiro in the 89th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Arez FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.