League Play-Off

Arnozelo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) José Baptista made the kick off and thus started the match. Vicente Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastião Paredes, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Vicente Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Baptista in the 5th minute of play. If Cristiano Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristóvão Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Arnozelo's Cristiano Machado in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SC Canidello's goalie prevented a goal. Sebastião Paredes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Vicente Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Arnozelo's zone, Sebastião Paredes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vicente Azevedo came out of the goal and Sebastião Paredes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Daniel Cardoso's late challenge caught a SC Canidello's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Cardoso helped the player get up and apologised. Daniel Cardoso hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute of the match Abel Ferreira sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vicente Azevedo skillfully saved the ball. Cristóvão Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. David Cunha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arnozelo's Cristiano Machado got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 34th minute José Baptista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in SC Canidello's zone, Daniel Cardoso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Cunha came out of the goal and Daniel Cardoso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. David Cunha made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Cristóvão Barros sent off a good shot on target. Vicente Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Baptista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vicente Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Baptista, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After 47 minutes of play Arnozelo's Daniel Cardoso was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 48th match minute, Arnozelo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Cardoso to maneuver through the defense. In the 49th minute Sebastião Paredes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Sebastião Paredes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Vicente Azevedo made a huge save. Cristóvão Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. SC Canidello's Sebastião Paredes got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Sebastião Paredes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of SC Canidello:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Arnozelo:s goal. The referee gave Arnozelo a penalty, 72 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Catarino Morais, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SC Canidello's David Cunha. 2-0. If Cristóvão Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristóvão Barros in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Cunha saved SC Canidello from getting behind. Sebastião Paredes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Vicente Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Arnozelo's Vicente Azevedo got control of the ball when Sebastião Paredes tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Arnozelo's zone, Sebastião Paredes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vicente Azevedo came out of the goal and Sebastião Paredes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 90 played minutes Arnozelo got a freekick which was hit by Delfim Almeida. SC Canidello's José Baptista got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that José Baptista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vicente Azevedo was relentless in the 98th minute of the game. If Sebastião Paredes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 100th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Arnozelo fans cheered their team off the field, for while SC Canidello had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.