League Play-Off

Remelhe
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Joel Soares made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5th match minute, Espeses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Neves to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Espeses's zone, Rui Leão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ricardo Marques came out of the goal and Rui Leão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 11th match minute, Espeses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Borba to maneuver through the defense. Heitor Freitas hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Espeses's goalkeeper Ricardo Marques, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 27th match minute, Espeses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Pinto to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Espeses's José Neves got a free kick in the 29th minute. A collision led to Espeses getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Paulo Assis hit a great ball. Afonso Almeida, 32 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 33rd match minute, Espeses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Borba to maneuver through the defense. 34 minutes into the match, Espeses's goal looked a bit too open when Gil Cruz came free, but Ricardo Marques reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Rui Leão came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the SC Remelhe 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 Rui Leão couldn't finish the play. 46 minutes into the match, Gil Cruz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ricardo Marques, 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gil Cruz was the one to do the kick off. Alberto Brás received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Basílio Amaral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rui Leão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 61stth minute of the game Joel Soares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Remelhe's Basílio Amaral was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Joel Soares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ricardo Marques took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rui Leão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Eduardo Borba fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Espeses's protests and gave Eduardo Borba a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Espeses's Eduardo Borba got a free kick in the 69th minute. When Ricardo Cardoso fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Remelhe's protests and gave Ricardo Cardoso a yellow card for diving instead. Ricardo Cardoso hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Alberto Brás fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Basílio Amaral having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Rui Leão had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Marques. Espeses's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rui Leão was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Alberto Brás sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Espeses defense, Gil Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Marques. The Espeses fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Marques should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Espeses's Eduardo Borba got a free kick in the 94th minute. After a rather tough play, SC Remelhe's Heitor Freitas got a free kick in the 96th minute. Espeses's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.