League Play-Off

Estadio Maxieira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Alves kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in Calhandriz's zone, João Pinto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vítor Nunes came out of the goal and João Pinto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Domingos Martins hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. When Calhandriz's Francisco Alves in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maxieira FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 19th match minute, Calhandriz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Santos to maneuver through the defense. Francisco Alves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joel Amorim having to interfere. João Pintos short, quick shot in the 26thth minute got Vítor Nunes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Joel Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Matias in the 28th minute of play. Daniel Matos lost his temper 35 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 38th minute there was a penalty for Calhandriz. Augusto Marques stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Joel Amorim. 0-1. 43 minutes into the match, Calhandriz's Francisco Alves sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Joel Amorim narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bruno Neto's late challenge caught a Calhandriz's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bruno Neto helped the player get up and apologised. Bruno Neto hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

With an all-out effort, Calhandriz's Joel Amorim threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Francisco Alves, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. During the 58th minute of the match Bruno Neto completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Bruno Neto a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Bruno Neto kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Calhandriz's Bruno Matias got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bruno Matias got free with Joel Amorim in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Maxieira FC's zone, Bruno Matias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joel Amorim came out of the goal and Bruno Matias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Bruno Matias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bruno Matias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Joel Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rui Soares kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Bruno Matias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over Calhandriz could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Maxieira FC throughout the match.