League Play-Off

Estadio Sarnache
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pedro Viegas got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manuel Brás in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paulo Esteves saved Sarnache FC from getting behind. SC Parelhal's Adelino Faria got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Adelino Faria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the match, SC Parelhal's Manuel Brás sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paulo Esteves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paulo Esteves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adelino Faria went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Joaquim Faro hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute, Pedro Viegas made a precise shot to the right of Domingos Nogueira. SC Parelhal's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 49 minutes into the match, SC Parelhal's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Viegas came free, but Domingos Nogueira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Adelino Faria to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adelino Faria in the 55th minute of play forced Sarnache FC's goalkeeper Paulo Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joaquim Faro during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Joaquim Faro hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 2-1 when David Teixeira sped through SC Parelhal's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Domingos Nogueira. Adelino Faria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Paulo Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manuel Brás received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Paulo Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adelino Faria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manuel Brás's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 86thth minute, Paulo Esteves skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. SC Parelhal's Adelino Faria got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Viegas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Pires hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Sarnache FC's David Teixeira got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Teixeira in the 99th minute of play forced SC Parelhal's goalkeeper Domingos Nogueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SC Parelhal's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.