League Play-Off

Estadio Touloes
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Francisco Matos made the kick off which started today's match. Jacinto Amaro kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Oliveira Freitas was out of position in the 7 minute of play, and Francisco Matos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Francisco Matos really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 11th minute, Francisco Matos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes in the game, Francisco Matos got a free kick from a good position and fired away a shot. The shot didn't have enough spin and went out of bounds to the left of the goal. In the 17th minute Afonso Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisco Castro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oliveira Freitas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Matos in the 19th minute of play. Francisco Castro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Pacheco in the 22nd minute of play. Carlos Reis's late challenge caught a Friastelas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carlos Reis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Touloes's Carlos Reis got a free kick in the 23rd minute. David Simões received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Oliveira Freitas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Touloes's Francisco Matos in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Friastelas's goalie prevented a goal. In the 30th minute, Afonso Amaral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Friastelas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Francisco Castro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Pacheco, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Álvaro Almeida charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Álvaro Almeida the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Álvaro Almeida hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Luís Pacheco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Francisco Matos came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Touloes 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 Francisco Matos couldn't finish the play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 41st minute of the game. One of Touloes:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Friastelas:s goal. The referee gave Friastelas a penalty, 43 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Carlos Miranda, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Touloes's Francisco Castro. 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Afonso Amaral to strike the kick off in the second half. Touloes's Francisco Castro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Touloes from getting a goal against them. Francisco Matos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Touloes's David Simões got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Francisco Matos struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Oliveira Freitas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Touloes. In the 64th match minute, Touloes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Reis to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Afonso Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot. Friastelas's supporters rose to their feet, but Afonso Amaral was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Francisco Castro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Álvaro Almeida was shown his second yellow card after 69 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 70th minute, Álvaro Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Francisco Castro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Friastelas's Afonso Amaral shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. 76 minutes into the game, Afonso Amaral recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Francisco Castro. Afonso Amaral showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. Francisco Castro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso Amaral in the 80th minute of the match. In the 85th minute David Simões shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliveira Freitas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Afonso Amaral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luís Pacheco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luís Pacheco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Friastelas players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.