League Play-Off

Martianas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Barros got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the match, Arroca's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Barros came free, but Xavier Coimbra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joel Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Xavier Coimbra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arroca's Xavier Coimbra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Arroca from getting a goal against them. Xavier Coimbra made an important save on a dangerous shot by Raul Machado in the 13th minute. After 15 minutes, David Cunha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arroca and the Martianas players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Xavier Nascimento put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Manuel Pinho. Joel Barros scored 2-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Xavier Coimbra, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Manuel Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Leiria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manuel Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xavier Nascimento in the 37th minute of the match. Luís Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luís Leiria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Manuel Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Martianas's goal looked a bit too open when Xavier Nascimento came free, but Manuel Pinho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute, Luís Leiria made a precise shot to the right of Manuel Pinho. Martianas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Leiria stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Carlos Amorim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xavier Coimbra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raul Machado, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After having played for 65 minutes, Xavier Nascimento managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arroca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xavier Nascimento was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joel Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xavier Coimbra having to interfere. Raul Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xavier Coimbra having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Xavier Nascimento managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arroca's supporters rose to their feet, but Xavier Nascimento was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manuel Pinho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Xavier Nascimento came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Arroca 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 Xavier Nascimento couldn't finish the play. If Raul Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Xavier Coimbra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.