League Play-Off

Arrabis
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Miguel Luz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Francisco Aguiar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Leite having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, Arrabis FC's Joaquim Barros sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gonçalo Santos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Miguel Luz 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. Daniel Faria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Leite having to interfere. If Francisco Aguiar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Leite came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Civado FC's Francisco Aguiar. But to his dismay, Francisco Aguiar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in Arrabis FC's zone, Francisco Aguiar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Leite came out of the goal and Francisco Aguiar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arrabis FC's David Leite played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Faria in the 31st minute of play. Joaquim Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Gonçalo Santos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 37 played minutes Civado FC got a freekick which was hit by Francisco Aguiar. In the 39th match minute, Arrabis FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vítor Sá to maneuver through the defense. Civado FC's Gonçalo Santos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Civado FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Cláudio Resende's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gonçalo Santos was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. After the first half Civado FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Francisco Aguiar made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Civado FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Lima to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Faria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. David Leite tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 59 minutes of play, Arrabis FC's Joaquim Barros made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gonçalo Santos was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Miguel Luz came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Arrabis FC 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 Miguel Luz couldn't finish the play. David Leite made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Lima in the 72nd minute of play. Francisco Aguiar 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. In the 83rd match minute, Civado FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorge Macedo to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the match, Arrabis FC's Joaquim Barros sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gonçalo Santos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. It was beautiful to see Arrabis FC's Vítor Sá in action when he in the 91st 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! In the 94th minute, Francisco Aguiar 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. In the 96th minute Francisco Aguiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Leite saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 97 minutes, Daniel Faria managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Civado FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Faria was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Civado FC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.