League Play-Off

Estadio Forjais
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Oliveira Baptista started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Alexandre Pinheiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vítor Barbosa in the 2nd minute of the match. After 4 played minutes Estacao got a freekick which was hit by Manuel Sousa. In the 5thth minute of the game Vítor Barbosa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Estacao's Alexandre Pinheiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Oliveira Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 19 minutes, Cândido Pedroso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Estacao and the Forjais FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 18th minute, one of Estacao:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Estacao. Estacao:s Alexandre Pinheiro showed great skill when he stopped Duarte Castro:s penalty. Forjais FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Duarte Castro in the 21st minute. Armando Figueiredo made a great header on Forjais FC's corner, it was just that Estacao's Alexandre Pinheiro managed to reach the ball for a save. João Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Jesus having to interfere. Forjais FC's Armando Jesus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Nascimento in the 25th minute of play. Oliveira Baptista kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Nascimento in the 37th minute of play forced Forjais FC's goalkeeper Armando Jesus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Forjais FC's goal looked a bit too open when Oliveira Baptista came free, but Armando Jesus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armando Jesus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliveira Baptista, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Alexandre Pinheiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Correia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vítor Barbosa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Armando Jesus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Trindade, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. If Oliveira Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. João Nascimento could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Armando Jesus made a huge save. After having played for 57 minutes, Vítor Barbosa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Forjais FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vítor Barbosa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alexandre Pinheiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vítor Barbosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Armando Jesus didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Nascimento went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Oliveira Baptista recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Forjais FC's Armando Jesus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Trindade in the 85th minute of play. After having played for 86 minutes, Oliveira Baptista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Estacao's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oliveira Baptista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Estacao's Alexandre Pinheiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Sá in the 88th minute of play. In the 91st minute, Cândido Pedroso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vítor Barbosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Alexandre Pinheiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.