League Play-Off

Antuzede
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fernando Domingues started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Antuzede getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Cristóvão Neto hit a great ball. 3 minutes into the match, Fernando Domingues notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Antuzede's Delfim Baptista. Delfim Baptista was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 7 minutes of play, SC Ral's Mário Dantas made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Delfim Baptista was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mário Dantas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Domingues in the 14th minute of play forced Antuzede's goalkeeper Delfim Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Delfim Pinto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cristóvão Neto was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 22nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 23 minutes into the game, Carlos Cardoso was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Ral's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Antuzede the free kick. A collision led to SC Ral getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Carlos Cardoso hit a great ball. 24 minutes into the match, Antuzede's Cristóvão Neto broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 28th match minute, SC Ral was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Cardoso to maneuver through the defense. Delfim Baptista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Domingues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lucas Abreu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 36thth minute tested the skills of Carlos Leão when he managed to save the team from getting behind. During the 37th minute of the match Carlos Cardoso completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Carlos Cardoso a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Carlos Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delfim Pinto in the 41st minute of the match. Lucas Abreu in the 43rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Carlos Leão, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. David Viegas charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed David Viegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, SC Ral's David Viegas got a free kick in the 44th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delfim Pinto in the 45th minute of play forced SC Ral's goalkeeper Carlos Leão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Abreu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half SC Ral were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Delfim Pinto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Carlos Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delfim Pinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antuzede were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after SC Ral's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cristóvão Neto took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Cristóvão Neto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Carlos Leão quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristóvão Neto's late challenge caught a SC Ral's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristóvão Neto helped the player get up and apologised. In the 62nd minute, Fernando Barbosa sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Antuzede's Delfim Baptista didn't even have to move. If Lucas Abreu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. SC Ral's Carlos Leão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delfim Pinto in the 69th minute of play. When Lucas Abreu came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Antuzede 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 Lucas Abreu couldn't finish the play. In the 73rd minute, Mário Dantas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Delfim Baptista was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After 77 played minutes SC Ral got a freekick which was hit by David Viegas. After 78 played minutes, Antuzede's Cristóvão Neto shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Carlos Leão came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Antuzede reached it. David Viegas got his second yellow card in the match during the 78th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Carlos Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delfim Pinto in the 83rd minute of play. 86 minutes into the game, Antuzede's Lucas Abreu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carlos Leão made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. The Antuzede supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching SC Ral's performance. The match ended with a win for SC Ral.