League Play-Off

Arnalha
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Albertino Paiva kicked off to start the match. Jorge Aleixo hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 4th minute, Ricardo Rocha fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Inácio Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Liteiros's Cristiano Pinho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Liteiros from getting a goal against them. 9 minutes into the match, Arnalha FC's Ricardo Rocha sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cristiano Pinho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jorge Aleixo kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Inácio Garcia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Cristiano Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Inácio Garcia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 22nd minute, Inácio Garcia reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristiano Pinho. The goal made the score 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Arnalha FC's Inácio Garcia slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cristiano Pinho. That made the score 2-0 after 28 minutes of play. The Arnalha FC fans' excitement grew in the 33rd match minute when Arnalha FC's Inácio Garcia looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Inácio Garcia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Pinho having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Inácio Garcia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristiano Pinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After a rather tough play, Arnalha FC's José Guarda got a free kick in the 45th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Ricardo Rocha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Liteiros's Cristiano Pinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Rocha in the 55th minute of play. José Borges's late challenge caught a Arnalha FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Borges helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute, José Borges hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Inácio Garcia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fernando Santarém kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Inácio Garcia put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Cristiano Pinho. After 74 minutes, Óscar Carvalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Liteiros and the Arnalha FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 73 minutes into the game, one of Liteiros:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 81 played minutes Arnalha FC got a freekick which was hit by Júlio Rodrigues. In the 84th minute, Albertino Paiva fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. David Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albertino Paiva in the 85th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Albertino Paiva in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Pires saved Arnalha FC from getting behind. Inácio Garcia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Cristiano Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Inácio Garcia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.