League Play-Off

Reca
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Paulo Martins made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, SC Sirvozelo's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Martins came free, but Humberto Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes into the game, Carlos Veiga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Sirvozelo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Reca the free kick. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Sirvozelo's goalkeeper Humberto Coelho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Humberto Coelho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Martins in the 16th minute of play. After 16 minutes of play, Reca's Paulo Martins made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Humberto Coelho was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20th minute, Bernardo Pinto 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. In the 21st minute Vítor Veiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Martins saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucas Esteves succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 25th playminute. Reca's Lucas Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lucas Esteves might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Humberto Coelho. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lucas Esteves ran back to his position shaking his head. Mário Abreu charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mário Abreu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 4-0 came through a penalty shot after 42 played minutes, when Reca:s Rafael Domingues calmly waited for SC Sirvozelo:s goalkeeper to move before he rolled in the ball by the right post. If Vítor Veiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

A collision led to Reca getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Mariano Fonseca hit a great ball. Carlos Veiga didn't quite understand what happened when in the 53 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. After 56 minutes, Rafael Domingues mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Reca and the SC Sirvozelo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th minute, Rafael Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 58th minute, when SC Sirvozelo's Vítor Paiva after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with João Martins in Reca's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. In the 60th minute of the match, Vítor Veiga tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but João Martins saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Lucas Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Humberto Coelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulo Martins fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Humberto Coelho having to interfere. A hard shot 66 in the game by Bernardo Pinto from a close distance when the talented João Martins managed to make a qualified save. Reca's players were relieved. Bernardo Pinto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. João Martins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Reca's Paulo Martins got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. João Martins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vítor Veiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 90 minutes into the match, Reca's goalkeeper João Martins had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernardo Pinto.