League Play-Off

Estadio Amarantinho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when João Borba made the kick off which started today's match. Agrelos's Daniel Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo Ribeiro in the 15th minute of play. Daniel Ribeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. A collision led to Agrelos getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Vítor Dantas hit a great ball. Rui Machado's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Daniel Ribeiro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. Agrelos's Daniel Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo Ribeiro in the 31st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Agrelos's Francisco Abreu got a free kick in the 33rd minute. When the match had been going on for 34 minutes Afonso Antunes shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Daniel Ribeiro when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. João Borba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Queirós having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paulo Ribeiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of SC Amarantinho booed when Agrelos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rui Brito didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniel Ribeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso Antunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. If Rui Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Ribeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. SC Amarantinho's Carlos Queirós played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Borba in the 68th minute of play. Rui Brito's late challenge caught a SC Amarantinho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rui Brito helped the player get up and apologised. Emanuel Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Carlos Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 84th minute, Paulo Ribeiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Daniel Ribeiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Carlos Queirós showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Borba, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After having played for 90 minutes, Emanuel Pinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Agrelos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emanuel Pinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Emanuel Pinho came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Agrelos 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 Emanuel Pinho couldn't finish the play. 94 minutes into the match, SC Amarantinho's goal looked a bit too open when João Borba came free, but Carlos Queirós reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 94 minutes of play, Agrelos's João Borba made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carlos Queirós was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.