League Play-Off

Espaldao
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Afonso Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mário Soares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Afonso Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Américo Morais in the 10th minute of the match. After 12 played minutes, Oporto's Joaquim Amorim shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Afonso Santos 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 Oporto reached it. Oporto's Fernando Assunção got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mário Soares in the 17th minute of play forced Espaldao FC's goalkeeper Afonso Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afonso Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Assunção in the 20th minute of the match. 1-0 became the score in the 27th minute when Diogo Veiga elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Oporto's zone, Jaime Freitas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Amílcar Araújo came out of the goal and Jaime Freitas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Soares in the 32nd minute of play forced Oporto's goalkeeper Amílcar Araújo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th match minute, Espaldao FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquim Vale to maneuver through the defense. Diogo Veiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Amílcar Araújo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rdth minute of the game Fernando Assunção who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Espaldao FC's Afonso Santos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luís Soares struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Amílcar Araújo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Espaldao FC. Oporto's Amílcar Araújo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Soares in the 48th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luís Soares to make the kick off. Amílcar Araújo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Soares, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Luís Soares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amílcar Araújo having to interfere. Oporto's Mário Soares got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luís Soares took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amílcar Araújo. Amílcar Araújo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. In the 69th minute Mário Soares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afonso Santos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernando Assunção sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mário Soares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Afonso Santos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mário Soares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Afonso Santos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Espaldao FC's Diogo Veiga got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Amílcar Araújo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Reis in the 86th minute of the match. Fernando Assunção's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 92ndth minute, Afonso Santos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal.