League Play-Off

Estadio Longra
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomás Nascimento got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Filipe Amaral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Longra and the Grainho FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in SC Longra fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! In the 6th match minute, Grainho FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Santos to maneuver through the defense. Bento Dias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandre Moutinho in the 9th minute of play. Sebastião Guerreiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oliveira Leal having to interfere. Rafael Trindade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Bento Dias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oliveira Leal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomás Nascimento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomás Nascimento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Oliveira Leal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomás Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oliveira Leal having to interfere. Oliveira Leal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebastião Guerreiro went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Rafael Trindade managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Longra's supporters rose to their feet, but Rafael Trindade was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bento Dias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to SC Longra getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Mário Castro hit a great ball. Sebastião Guerreiro struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Oliveira Leal didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Grainho FC. In a very dangerous position, a player in SC Longra fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 38th minute. Penalty! In the 47th minute Sebastião Guerreiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliveira Leal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alexandre Moutinho to strike the kick off in the second half. Oliveira Leal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernando Paiva in the 52nd minute. After 56 minutes, Emílio Delgado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Grainho FC and the SC Longra players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of SC Longra booed when Grainho FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emílio Delgado didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Rafael Trindade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexandre Moutinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Bento Dias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Grainho FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. André Sá hit a great ball. After 79 minutes, Albertino Coelho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Longra and the Grainho FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Grainho FC booed when SC Longra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albertino Coelho didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute, Rafael Trindade made a precise shot to the right of Bento Dias. Grainho FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Fernando Paiva kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Grainho FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Trindade came free, but Bento Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Grainho FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.