League Play-Off

Botelhas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) In the 8th minute David Rodrigues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albertino Assunção saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Rodrigues blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Albertino Assunção having to make a save. André Sá fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertino Assunção having to interfere. In the 12thth minute of the game André Sá who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Botelhas's Albertino Assunção was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. André Sá's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Albertino Assunção read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. João Fernandes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duarte Trindade, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Duarte Trindade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but João Fernandes was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 20th match minute, SC Gafete was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rogério Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. The audience cheered loudly when Eusébio Valente's long shot in the 21st minute became 1-0 when the ball went to the left of and passed João Fernandes. André Sá received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Albertino Assunção tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Botelhas's goalkeeper Albertino Assunção, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. David Rodrigues received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Albertino Assunção tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, SC Botelhas's goal looked a bit too open when David Rodrigues came free, but Albertino Assunção reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nuno Assunção took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 48th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Albertino Assunção. SC Botelhas's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when André Sá stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55thth minute of the game Duarte Trindade who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Gafete's João Fernandes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Duarte Trindade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. João Fernandes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Fernandes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filipe Oliveira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Albertino Assunção showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Sá, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. SC Gafete's David Rodrigues got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 65th minute André Sá shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albertino Assunção saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Filipe Oliveira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. João Fernandes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Duarte Trindade went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. David Rodrigues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Filipe Oliveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. João Fernandes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st match minute, SC Gafete was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rogério Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, SC Botelhas's Albertino Assunção got control of the ball when David Rodrigues tried to sneak it across the goal line. Albertino Assunção showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Sá, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. With a little luck, SC Botelhas's Albertino Assunção got control of the ball when David Rodrigues tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The SC Botelhas fans cheered their team off the field, for while SC Gafete had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.