League Play-Off

Silvas
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. Armando Aguiar started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Joel Freitas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cândido Maia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Fontes having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cândido Maia got free with Fernando Fontes in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 9th match minute, Paco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Freitas to maneuver through the defense. Fernando Fontes acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 10th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Rui Melo. Afonso Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Jesus in the 11th minute of play. If Cândido Maia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Armando Aguiar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Armando Aguiar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Afonso Sousa was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. After 25 minutes SC Silvas's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gonçalo Gonçalves who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Paulo Delgado got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Afonso Sousa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Cândido Maia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. SC Silvas's Afonso Sousa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Jesus in the 31st minute of play. Afonso Sousa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Armando Aguiar went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Cândido Maia spun around in front of the goal 37 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Paco FC's goal. 40 minutes into the match, SC Silvas's Eduardo Moreira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fernando Fontes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Paco FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cândido Maia fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Afonso Sousa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Jesus in the 45th minute of the match.

The wind increased when Eduardo Moreira made the kick off in the second half. Catarino Paiva charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Catarino Paiva the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eduardo Moreira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Fernando Fontes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SC Silvas's Afonso Sousa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save SC Silvas from getting a goal against them. Armando Aguiar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 65 minutes in the game, Armando Aguiar fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Afonso Sousa having to interfere. With his leg Afonso Sousa managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Paco FC's Daniel Jesus fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. SC Silvas's Eduardo Moreira got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paco FC's Fernando Fontes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduardo Moreira in the 75th minute of play. In the 83rd minute Armando Aguiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afonso Sousa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, SC Silvas's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Armando Aguiar fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After having played for 87 minutes, Daniel Jesus managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paco FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Jesus was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Paco FC's zone, Eduardo Moreira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fernando Fontes came out of the goal and Eduardo Moreira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 91stth minute of the game Eduardo Moreira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Paco FC's Fernando Fontes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Paco FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.