League Play-Off

Estadio Fanhaes
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when André Cunha took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, SC Creixomil's Simão Teixeira got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Duarte Coimbra's late challenge caught a SC Creixomil's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Duarte Coimbra helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Fanhaes FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Duarte Coimbra hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in SC Creixomil's zone, Sérgio Torres stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gonçalo Cardoso came out of the goal and Sérgio Torres tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. André Cunha succeeded in the game's 19th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Sérgio Torres in the 23rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gonçalo Cardoso, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Fanhaes FC's José Guarda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Mota in the 26th minute of play. When Luís Esteves came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the SC Creixomil 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 Luís Esteves couldn't finish the play. 30 minutes into the match, SC Creixomil's goalkeeper Gonçalo Cardoso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sérgio Torres. Sérgio Torres succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 31st playminute. 36 minutes into the match, SC Creixomil's goalkeeper Gonçalo Cardoso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sérgio Torres. Sérgio Torres's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gonçalo Cardoso read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. José Guarda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Esteves's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristiano Guerreiro during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 47 played minutes Fanhaes FC got a freekick which was hit by Cristiano Guerreiro.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Afonso Mota to make the kick off. Luís Esteves might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Guarda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luís Esteves ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 58th minute André Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonçalo Cardoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rdth minute of the game André Cunha who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Creixomil's Gonçalo Cardoso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. SC Creixomil's Gonçalo Cardoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André Cunha in the 65th minute of play. Gonçalo Cardoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sérgio Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 79 minutes of play, Fanhaes FC's Sérgio Torres made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gonçalo Cardoso was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Fanhaes FC's Lourenço Ribeiro got a free kick in the 84th minute. In the 84th minute of the match Simão Teixeira sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but José Guarda skillfully saved the ball. 87 minutes into the game, André Cunha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Gonçalo Cardoso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 94th match minute, SC Creixomil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simão Teixeira to maneuver through the defense. Fanhaes FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.