League Play-Off

Estadio Surgacaes
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Manuel Bessa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Torres, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Fernando Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Bessa having to interfere. A collision led to Solteiras FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Jaime Cruz hit a great ball. If Fernando Torres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 18th minute, Jaime Cruz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cândido Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Solteiras FC's Manuel Bessa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Torres in the 23rd minute of play. Cândido Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Lourenço Viegas came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Solteiras 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 Lourenço Viegas couldn't finish the play. Óscar Porto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Diogo Marques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fernando Torres recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fernando Torres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Óscar Porto was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Solteiras FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cândido Veiga came free, but Manuel Bessa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manuel Bessa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Torres, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 62nd minute of the match, Lourenço Viegas got a very nice opportunity to score, but Diogo Marques was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Diogo Marques made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Lourenço Viegas sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Surgacaes FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Miguel Assunção hit a great ball. Surgacaes FC's Diogo Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Óscar Porto in the 75th minute of play. Lourenço Viegas's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Diogo Marques firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to Solteiras FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Joaquim Jesus hit a great ball. Óscar Porto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diogo Marques having to interfere. Lourenço Viegas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diogo Marques having to interfere. Jaime Cruz's late challenge caught a Surgacaes FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jaime Cruz helped the player get up and apologised. 96 minutes into the match, Fernando Torres notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Solteiras FC's Manuel Bessa. Manuel Bessa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Surgacaes FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.