League Play-Off

Agucadoira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. José Pinheiro started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes into the game, Daniel Barros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Agucadoira FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ancora the free kick. In the 8th match minute, Agucadoira FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Barros to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Luís Martins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Humberto Pedroso, 11 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Tomás Macedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ricardo Pacheco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Nascimento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ricardo Pacheco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Garcia in the 18th minute of the match. José Garcia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Pacheco having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Agucadoira FC's Henrique Fonseca got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Thanks to some nice moves Adelino Santarém could shoot a difficult shot in the 25th minute, which Humberto Brás however easily saved by the left post. In the 27th minute, Adelino Santarém 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. Humberto Brás made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Adelino Santarém sent off a good shot on target. 32 minutes into the match, José Garcia notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Agucadoira FC's Ricardo Pacheco. Ricardo Pacheco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 37 minutes into the game, José Garcia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ricardo Pacheco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bernardo Mendes kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. The Agucadoira FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ancora were winning 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomás Macedo made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Tomás Macedo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Agucadoira FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. A collision led to Agucadoira FC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Henrique Fonseca hit a great ball. Alexandre Reis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 71 minutes into the match, Adelino Santarém had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Humberto Brás. Ancora's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adelino Santarém was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Tomás Macedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Humberto Brás having to interfere. Tiago Brito took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 80th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ricardo Pacheco. Agucadoira FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. José Pinheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Pacheco having to interfere. Ricardo Pacheco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Pinheiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Garcia might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Pacheco. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Garcia ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 90th minute Tomás Macedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Humberto Brás saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adelino Santarém 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. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.