League Play-Off

Paranho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Joaquim Leal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Baptista, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Paranho's Bernardo Coimbra got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vítor Dantas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eduardo Neto having to interfere. In the 14th match minute, Paranho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lourenço Gonçalves to maneuver through the defense. Cândido Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eduardo Neto having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Paranho's goal looked a bit too open when Cândido Fonseca came free, but Eduardo Neto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Bernardo Coimbra came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Paranho 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 Bernardo Coimbra couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Loure FC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Luís Aleixo hit a great ball. Joaquim Leal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Baptista, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Eduardo Neto came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Loure FC's Vítor Dantas. But to his dismay, Vítor Dantas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Vítor Dantas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eduardo Neto having to interfere. 38 minutes into the match, Cândido Fonseca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eduardo Neto. Paranho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cândido Fonseca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 42nd minute Cândido Fonseca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduardo Neto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eduardo Neto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cândido Fonseca went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cândido Fonseca to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Loure FC's António Aguiar got a free kick in the 55th minute. Cândido Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 60 played minutes Cândido Fonseca rounded Paranho's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-4. In the 63rd minute, Luís Aleixo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Coimbra in the 66th minute of play forced Loure FC's goalkeeper Joaquim Leal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardo Coimbra blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Joaquim Leal having to make a save. Loure FC's Joaquim Leal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Baptista in the 71st minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, Paranho's goal looked a bit too open when Cândido Fonseca came free, but Eduardo Neto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vítor Dantas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Eduardo Neto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Paranho's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cristiano Macedo was slow to take the kick. During this time Loure FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Cristiano Macedo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eduardo Neto quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Paranho getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Alberto Assunção hit a great ball. Cristiano Macedo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 94th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The Loure FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Loure FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.