League Play-Off

Estadio Alfocheira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) SC Alfocheira's Bruno Valente started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the Paredes defense, Vasco Campos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lucas Castro. The Paredes fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lucas Castro should have stopped the shot. José Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Eusébio Soares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute, Américo Matos had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. 16 minutes into the game, Marco Esteves was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Alfocheira's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Paredes the free kick. After a rather tough play, SC Alfocheira's Marco Esteves got a free kick in the 17th minute. If Rogério Brás had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 22 played minutes SC Alfocheira got a freekick which was hit by Joaquim Paiva. After a defensive mix-up in SC Alfocheira's zone, Rodrigo Leal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eusébio Soares came out of the goal and Rodrigo Leal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Eusébio Soares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Lucas Castro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Valente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 28 minutes into the match, SC Alfocheira's goal looked a bit too open when José Castro came free, but Eusébio Soares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Castro in the 30th minute of play forced SC Alfocheira's goalkeeper Eusébio Soares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Eusébio Soares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rogério Brás kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. José Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vasco Campos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lucas Castro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Valente in the 49th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. José Castro was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind Paredes's goalkeeper Lucas Castro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, Vasco Campos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucas Castro. Paredes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vasco Campos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. José Castro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Eusébio Soares made a huge save. After 66 played minutes Paredes got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Leal. After 69 minutes Paredes's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eduardo Abreu who took care of the corner kick. SC Alfocheira's Eduardo Abreu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lucas Castro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 70 minutes into the match, Paredes's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Valente came free, but Lucas Castro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 82 played minutes Paredes got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Leal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasco Campos in the 84th minute of play forced Paredes's goalkeeper Lucas Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 86 minutes of play, SC Alfocheira's Vasco Campos made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Castro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Paredes's Lucas Castro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Valente in the 90th minute of play. Rodrigo Leal kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match.