League Play-Off

Biogal
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Afonso Santarém took the kick off in the first half of the match. A hard shot by Joaquim Rocha from long distance, 4 minutes into the match, got Xavier Reis's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Joaquim Rocha's late challenge caught a Falfosa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joaquim Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. It was beautiful to see Falfosa's Rodrigo Torres in action when he in the 8th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! If Afonso Santarém had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If José Ribeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 14th minute, José Ribeiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Falfosa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Falfosa's José Ribeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. José Ribeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Magalhães having to interfere. Xavier Reis made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Hugo Castro sent off a good shot on target. After 22 minutes, Paulo Neves mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Falfosa and the SC Biogal players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Falfosa's Bento Guarda got a free kick in the 24th minute. SC Biogal's Álvaro Reis couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 24th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Falfosa. Xavier Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso Santarém in the 27th minute of the match. Sérgio Macedo scored 0-2 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of João Magalhães, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 36th minute Sérgio Macedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Magalhães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. João Magalhães came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Falfosa's Sérgio Macedo. But to his dismay, Sérgio Macedo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 45th minute, Hugo Castro made a precise shot to the right of Xavier Reis. Falfosa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After 59 played minutes SC Biogal got a freekick which was hit by André Barbosa. After having played for 60 minutes, Vítor Tavares managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Falfosa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vítor Tavares was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Xavier Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso Santarém in the 62nd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Afonso Santarém in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xavier Reis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Xavier Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afonso Santarém in the 69th minute of play. João Magalhães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sérgio Macedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Falfosa's Xavier Reis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Santarém in the 77th minute of play. The corner led to SC Biogal's Humberto Ribeiro getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Humberto Ribeiro's late challenge caught a Falfosa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Humberto Ribeiro helped the player get up and apologised. When José Ribeiro came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Falfosa 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 José Ribeiro couldn't finish the play. A collision led to SC Biogal getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Álvaro Reis hit a great ball. In the 88th play minute José Ribeiro came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised João Magalhães. 1-4.