League Play-Off

Estadio Faldejais
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carlos Magalhães got the match started through his kick off. Afonso Brito kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. João Pinho had several of the Janas FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 6 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Vasco Henriques as he didn't even see the shot coming. 17 minutes into the match, Janas FC's goalkeeper Vasco Henriques had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by João Pinho. In the 18th minute, João Pinho 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. João Pinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 23rd match minute, Janas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Brito to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Filipe Leal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Faldejais FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Filipe Leal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vasco Henriques breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. João Pinho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Vasco Henriques made a huge save. Carlos Magalhães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Daniel Moutinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filipe Leal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vasco Henriques having to interfere. Vasco Henriques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipe Leal in the 44th minute of the match. A collision led to Faldejais FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. João Pinho hit a great ball. Carlos Magalhães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Filipe Leal was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute Filipe Leal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vasco Henriques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Janas FC's Carlos Magalhães slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Daniel Moutinho. That made the score 1-1 after 55 minutes of play. João Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Vasco Henriques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, Janas FC's Carlos Magalhães sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Daniel Moutinho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 69th minute, Filipe Leal 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. After having played for 77 minutes, João Pinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Faldejais FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but João Pinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Filipe Leal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 84th minute, Rodrigo Guerreiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Janas FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. With his leg Daniel Moutinho managed to avoid a goal in the 96thth minute, when Janas FC's Rodrigo Guerreiro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.