League Play-Off

Sago
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Cândido Amaro made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience was convinced that Francisco Nascimento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hugo Melo was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Hugo Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cândido Amaro in the 14th minute of play. Hugo Melo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Nascimento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hugo Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Nascimento in the 20th minute of the match. Hugo Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Nascimento in the 21st minute of play. Fábio Lopes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Dantas having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, SC Sago's goal looked a bit too open when Cândido Amaro came free, but Hugo Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 28 minutes of play, Creixomil's Cândido Amaro made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hugo Melo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hugo Melo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cândido Amaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Creixomil were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after SC Sago's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eduardo Soares took the corner. Francisco Nascimento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gabriel Leite during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Creixomil getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Gabriel Leite hit a great ball. In the 45th minute, Augusto Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fábio Lopes to make the kick off. After 59 minutes of play Creixomil's Gabriel Leite was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Creixomil's Gabriel Leite got a free kick in the 59th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Creixomil's Francisco Nascimento slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hugo Melo. That made the score 1-2 after 62 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fábio Lopes in the 66th minute of play forced Creixomil's goalkeeper Filipe Dantas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Francisco Nascimento got free with Hugo Melo in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Filipe Dantas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fábio Lopes, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Creixomil's Filipe Dantas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fábio Lopes in the 73rd minute of play. Creixomil's Filipe Dantas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nuno Teixeira in the 80th minute of play. Nuno Teixeira's late challenge caught a Creixomil's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nuno Teixeira helped the player get up and apologised. 87 minutes into the match, Sérgio Coimbra notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Creixomil's Filipe Dantas. Filipe Dantas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eduardo Soares's late challenge caught a SC Sago's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eduardo Soares helped the player get up and apologised. If Fábio Lopes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.