League Play-Off

Feliteira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ricardo Melo kicked off to start the match. After 5 minutes, David Amaral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Feliteira and the Perosinho FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute, David Amaral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 8 minutes, Ricardo Melo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Perosinho FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Melo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joaquim Monteiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. David Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. David Alves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Melo in the 15th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Filipe Reis 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. Lucas Vale took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Júlio Moutinho. Júlio Moutinho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 23 minutes into the match, Joaquim Monteiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of David Alves. SC Feliteira's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joaquim Monteiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. David Alves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ricardo Melo's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Feliteira's goalkeeper David Alves, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Ricardo Melo came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Perosinho FC 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 Ricardo Melo couldn't finish the play. Ricardo Melo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. David Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to SC Feliteira getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Xavier Ribeiro hit a great ball. Joaquim Monteiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Alves having to interfere. Júlio Moutinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Vale, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Joaquim Monteiro 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. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lucas Vale made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Melo in the 53rd minute of play forced SC Feliteira's goalkeeper David Alves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the game, Perosinho FC's Ricardo Melo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. David Alves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Armindo Baptista kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. SC Feliteira's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ricardo Melo 57 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3. David Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Melo in the 62nd minute of play. SC Feliteira's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Catarino Pedroso in the 67th minute. Armindo Baptista hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, SC Feliteira's Catarino Pedroso tried to score from far away in the 69th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 71 minutes into the game, Perosinho FC's Joaquim Monteiro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. David Alves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Joaquim Monteiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ricardo Melo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Filipe Reis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Júlio Moutinho having to interfere. Joaquim Monteiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Perosinho FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.