League Play-Off

Senra
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when João Branco kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Luís Abreu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. André Nascimento was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. André Nascimento came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Mortena's Luís Abreu. But to his dismay, Luís Abreu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. João Branco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. André Nascimento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 12 minutes, Rui Lisboa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Mortena and the Senra FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th match minute, SC Mortena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rui Lisboa to maneuver through the defense. Fernando Cardosos short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Rui Fontes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, SC Mortena's António Pinheiro got a free kick in the 21st minute. Alberto Domingues, 22 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. After a rather tough play, SC Mortena's Rui Lisboa got a free kick in the 23rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fernando Cardoso got free with Rui Fontes in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Senra FC's André Nascimento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Branco in the 37th minute of play. Amadeu Amaro struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Rui Fontes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Senra FC. The Senra FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. SC Mortena were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Amadeu Amaro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rui Fontes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Cardoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. João Branco might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over André Nascimento. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. João Branco ran back to his position shaking his head. Fernando Cardoso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Fontes having to interfere. Rui Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amadeu Amaro in the 76th minute of play. João Branco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. André Nascimento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Branco in the 81st minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, Senra FC's Amadeu Amaro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rui Fontes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rui Fontes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernando Cardoso in the 85th minute of play. André Nascimento showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Branco in the 86th minute of the match. In the 93rd minute of the match Pedro Morais shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but André Nascimento showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 99 minutes of play, Senra FC's Vicente Macedo made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rui Fontes was left in no man's land by his defense there!