League Play-Off

Estadio Albitelhe
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) André Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Delfim Vale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 8th play minutes Vítor Leiria shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Delfim Vale and just under the crossbar into goal. After a rather tough play, Albitelhe's Fábio Maia got a free kick in the 17th minute. Heitor Moutinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without António Santos having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Heitor Moutinho fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of António Santos, passed just outside the right post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Heitor Moutinho in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck António Santos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The crowd rose to their feet as Augusto Nogueira kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving António Santos. That made the score 2-1 in the 36 minute of play. Delfim Vale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Amaral in the 44th minute of play. Vítor Leiria scored 2-2 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Delfim Vale, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Heitor Moutinho to make the kick off. When %teams%'s André Amaral was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 2-3 just inside the left pole, 53 minutes into the game. Delfim Vale was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. 59 minutes into the match, Albitelhe's goalkeeper Delfim Vale had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by André Amaral. In the 59th minute Eduardo Cardoso suffered a knee injury and had to be helped off the field. Manuel Faro's late challenge caught a Maninho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manuel Faro helped the player get up and apologised. Manuel Faro hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. André Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Delfim Vale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. André Amaral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delfim Vale having to interfere. Artur Brás received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Delfim Vale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Bráss short, quick shot in the 71stth minute got Delfim Vale to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Maninho's zone, Augusto Nogueira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. António Santos came out of the goal and Augusto Nogueira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rui Pereira charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rui Pereira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 82nd match minute, Albitelhe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rui Pereira to maneuver through the defense. Heitor Moutinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Armando Paredes kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by Albitelhe's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rui Martins was slow to take the kick. During this time Maninho's players had a chance to rest. Maninho's Rui Aguiar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Delfim Vale in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpected shot in the 96th minute by André Amaral got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The Maninho players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Albitelhe from taking control. The game ends in a draw.