League Play-Off

Fervencas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Fervencas FC's Manuel Lima started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Rogério Vieira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. André Valente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 6 minutes into the game, when António Costa put in a rough tackle. In the 8th minute, Simão Barros sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Fervencas FC's André Valente didn't even have to move. 13 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Nogueira notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Fervencas FC's André Valente. André Valente was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sérgio Rocha hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Simão Barros took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 23rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for André Valente. Fervencas FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Lourenço Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexandre Miranda having to interfere. Alexandre Reis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexandre Miranda having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Lourenço Neto kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alexandre Miranda. That made the score 1-2 in the 36 minute of play. Domingos Pereira kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Ucha's Simão Barros tried to score from far away in the 42nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Sérgio Rocha charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sérgio Rocha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Fervencas FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Sérgio Rocha hit a great ball. Lourenço Neto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristóvão Nogueira made a kick off. The supporters of Ucha booed when Fervencas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domingos Pereira didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 62 played minutes Ucha got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Santos. If Lourenço Neto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rogério Vieira had several of the Fervencas FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 73 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-5 score and a disappointed André Valente as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 76 played minutes Ucha got a freekick which was hit by Simão Barros. In the 79th minute Fervencas FC were awarded a corner. Domingos Pereira went to the cornerflag to take it. Alexandre Reis was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ucha fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 84th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Fervencas FC a penalty, 86 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Domingos Pereira, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ucha's Alexandre Miranda. 2-5. Alexandre Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandre Reis in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristóvão Nogueira in the 98th minute of play forced Fervencas FC's goalkeeper André Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristóvão Nogueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Valente having to interfere. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Ucha had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.