League Play-Off

Estadio Colarinha
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Alexandre Correia started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, José Marques managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Sacoes's supporters rose to their feet, but José Marques was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carlos Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carlos Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Branco in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Tomás Branco 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. Alexandre Correia might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over António Campos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alexandre Correia ran back to his position shaking his head. Humberto Martins in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of António Campos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The audience was convinced that José Marques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Machado was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. If Humberto Martins had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Alexandre Correia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Sacoes's goalkeeper António Campos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tomás Branco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Machado came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Sacoes's José Marques. But to his dismay, José Marques quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 40 minutes into the game, Alexandre Correia recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of António Campos. Alexandre Correia showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. 44 minutes into the game, Alexandre Correia recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of António Campos. Alexandre Correia showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Alexandre Correia hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and José Marques made a kick off. Carlos Machado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Marques in the 53rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Correia in the 59th minute of play forced SC Sacoes's goalkeeper António Campos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Marques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Carlos Machado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Tomás Branco came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the SC Sacoes 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 Tomás Branco couldn't finish the play. António Campos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. António Campos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre Correia, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 86th minute, Tomás Branco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Machado was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. SC Sacoes's António Campos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandre Correia in the 89th minute of play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.