League Play-Off

Framqueira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in Framqueira FC's zone, Cristóvão Gonçalves stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vasco Melo came out of the goal and Cristóvão Gonçalves tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 7 minutes, Manuel Rocha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Framqueira FC and the Falagueiro players grew even worse after the yellow card. Manuel Rocha hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. After having played for 14 minutes, Miguel Domingues managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Falagueiro's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miguel Domingues was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Miguel Domingues's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vasco Melo was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. In the 17th minute, Bento Ramos fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Rui Branco, passed just outside the right post. Falagueiro's Rui Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bento Ramos in the 21st minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 29 minutes, Rui Branco successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. A collision led to Framqueira FC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Paulo Amaro hit a great ball. After a long run with the ball, Heitor Carvalho did a trick in the 37th minute in front of Framqueira FC's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 0-1. An impressive performance by Falagueiro's Heitor Carvalho! Bento Ramos took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rui Branco. Rui Branco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Bento Ramos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Rui Branco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 62 minutes, Miguel Domingues managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Falagueiro's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miguel Domingues was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Framqueira FC's Vasco Melo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Framqueira FC from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Framqueira FC's Vasco Melo got control of the ball when Cristóvão Gonçalves tried to sneak it across the goal line. Xavier Santos charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavier Santos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Xavier Santos hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Rui Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bento Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. If Cristóvão Gonçalves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bento Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 81st minute, Miguel Domingues reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vasco Melo. The goal made the score 1-4. Francisco Reis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Vasco Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristóvão Gonçalves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vasco Melo having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Gonçalves notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Framqueira FC's Vasco Melo. Vasco Melo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the final whistle sounded Falagueiro left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Framqueira FC.