League Play-Off

Estadio Eugaria
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pedro Amorim took the kick off in the first half of the match. Basílio Barbosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Amaral having to interfere. Pedro Amorim scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luís Amaral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Basílio Barbosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Luís Amaral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luís Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basílio Barbosa in the 12th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mário Ribeiro during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mário Ribeiro hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in SC Eugaria's zone, Basílio Barbosa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Amaral came out of the goal and Basílio Barbosa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luís Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basílio Barbosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Pedro Amorim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dianteiro's supporters rose to their feet, but Pedro Amorim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luís Amaral breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 23 minutes, Pedro Amorim mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dianteiro and the SC Eugaria players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Dianteiro's Pedro Amorim got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Luís Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Amorim, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Bernardo Maia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Alfredo Amorim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39th minute, Basílio Barbosa 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. A collision led to SC Eugaria getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Júlio Tavares hit a great ball. Dianteiro's Basílio Barbosa got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luís Amaral didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedro Amorim went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The SC Eugaria players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Dianteiro were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tiago Matos to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Dianteiro got a freekick which was hit by Gil Ribeiro. In a very dangerous position, a player in SC Eugaria fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 56th minute. Penalty! Basílio Barbosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Amaral having to interfere. In the 64th match minute, SC Eugaria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Castro to maneuver through the defense. SC Eugaria's Luís Amaral proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save SC Eugaria from getting a goal against them. If Basílio Barbosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tiago Matos during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tiago Matos hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute of the match Dianteiro got a corner. SC Eugaria's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tomás Lopes ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Viriato Almeida almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SC Eugaria's Luís Amaral did a great save. When Pedro Amorim came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Dianteiro 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 Pedro Amorim couldn't finish the play. 83 minutes into the match, Bernardo Maia notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Dianteiro's Alfredo Amorim. Alfredo Amorim was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Basílio Barbosas short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got Luís Amaral to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Viriato Almeida kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. When Tiago Matos came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the SC Eugaria 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 Tiago Matos couldn't finish the play. The SC Eugaria fans' excitement grew in the 99th match minute when SC Eugaria's Tiago Matos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Dianteiro played a much better game than SC Eugaria and deserved their victory. The SC Eugaria players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.