League Play-Off

Estadio Gonca
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adelino Moura kicked off to start the match. Pedro Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adelino Moura in the 7th minute of the match. Pedro Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adelino Moura, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After a defensive mix-up in SC Candomil's zone, Vicente Pereira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Almeida came out of the goal and Vicente Pereira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Vicente Pereira came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the SC Gonca 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 Vicente Pereira couldn't finish the play. Vicente Pereira scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Almeida, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 19th play minute Vicente Pereira came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pedro Almeida. 2-0. After a rather tough play, SC Gonca's Artur Moura got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute of the match Basílio Fonseca shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joaquim Aleixo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 26 minutes into the game, one of SC Candomil:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 28 minutes into the match, Simão Cunha notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of SC Candomil's Pedro Almeida. Pedro Almeida was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Adelino Moura sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Américo Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Gonca's supporters rose to their feet, but Américo Azevedo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Almeida breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pedro Almeida made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Vicente Pereira sent off a good shot on target. Ricardo Costa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in SC Candomil's zone, Adelino Moura stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Almeida came out of the goal and Adelino Moura tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ricardo Costa to strike the kick off in the second half. Adelino Moura recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Joaquim Aleixo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Costa in the 59th minute of play. Pedro Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adelino Moura in the 61st minute of play. Vicente Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Pedro Almeida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Paulo Vaz came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the SC Candomil 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 Paulo Vaz couldn't finish the play. Pedro Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Pereira in the 73rd minute of the match. Paulo Vaz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hugo Ferreira kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After 81 played minutes, SC Gonca's Simão Cunha shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pedro Almeida came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SC Gonca reached it. Joaquim Aleixo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Santarém in the 83rd minute of the match. Adelino Moura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Almeida having to interfere. After 90 played minutes SC Gonca got a freekick which was hit by Delfim Leal. If Paulo Vaz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. There was no doubt that SC Gonca were the better team. SC Gonca's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.