League Play-Off

Estadio Caxaries
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, SC Caxaries's Joaquim Faria got a free kick in the 3rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eduardo Coelho in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eusébio Miranda saved Forneas from getting behind. Eusébio Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduardo Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. The audience was convinced that Diogo Borges's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but João Oliveira was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. João Oliveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diogo Borges, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Cláudio Santarém fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusébio Miranda having to interfere. Eduardo Coelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Eusébio Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, Forneas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Tavares to maneuver through the defense. After 26 minutes, André Faria mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Caxaries and the Forneas players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Forneas booed when SC Caxaries was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. André Faria didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Diogo Borges came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Forneas 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 Diogo Borges couldn't finish the play. SC Caxaries's João Oliveira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogo Borges in the 29th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Diogo Borges managed to get in a good position for a shot. Forneas's supporters rose to their feet, but Diogo Borges was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. João Oliveira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 33 minutes into the match, Jorge Pereira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of João Oliveira. SC Caxaries's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jorge Pereira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Pereira in the 37th minute of play forced SC Caxaries's goalkeeper João Oliveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diogo Borges fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Oliveira having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cláudio Santarém got free with Eusébio Miranda in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Diogo Borges fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Oliveira having to interfere. Jorge Pereira struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. João Oliveira didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Forneas.

The wind increased when Eduardo Coelho made the kick off in the second half. Diogo Borges received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. João Oliveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute, Diogo Borges 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. Jorge Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. João Oliveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Diogo Borges got free in front of the goal in the 63rd minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. João Oliveira was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Forneas's goalkeeper Eusébio Miranda, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, SC Caxaries's goal looked a bit too open when Diogo Borges came free, but João Oliveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute, Eduardo Coelho made a precise shot to the right of Eusébio Miranda. Forneas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 85th minute Diogo Borges shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Oliveira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Jorge Pereira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 88 minutes in the game, Diogo Borges fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without João Oliveira having to interfere. Eusébio Miranda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cláudio Santarém in the 94th minute of the match. Forneas's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.