League Play-Off

Estadio Cortezaes
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Raul Moura got the match started through his kick off. Mariano Araújo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Teixeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 12 minutes into the match, José Teixeira notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of SC Cortezaes's Mariano Araújo. Mariano Araújo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to SC Cortezaes getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Diogo Guarda hit a great ball. Filipe Santarém recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filipe Santarém in the 20th minute of play forced Erra FC's goalkeeper Adelino Tavares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Vale's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 22ndth minute, Adelino Tavares skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Afonso Paiva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adelino Tavares was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. José Teixeira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 34 minutes into the match, José Teixeira notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of SC Cortezaes's Mariano Araújo. Mariano Araújo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. SC Cortezaes's Filipe Santarém got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Rui Tavares managed to get in a good position for a shot. Erra FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Rui Tavares was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mariano Araújo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice moves Carlos Vale could shoot a difficult shot in the 47th minute, which Adelino Tavares however easily saved by the left post.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Filipe Santarém to strike the kick off in the second half. Diogo Guarda hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. José Teixeiras short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Mariano Araújo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Raul Moura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mariano Araújo having to interfere. SC Cortezaes's Filipe Santarém got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Carlos Vale might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adelino Tavares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carlos Vale ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 79th minute, José Teixeira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 80 minutes into the match, Erra FC's goal looked a bit too open when Filipe Santarém came free, but Adelino Tavares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariano Araújo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Moura in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Diogo Guarda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to SC Cortezaes getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Diogo Guarda hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, SC Cortezaes's Rui Barros got a free kick in the 91st minute. José Teixeira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Mariano Araújo made a huge save. In the 95th minute, Erra FC's Raul Moura ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mariano Araújo. Mariano Araújo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Erra FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.