League Play-Off

Alburitel
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Raul Domingues started the match with the kick off. Bruno Sousa's late challenge caught a Alburitel's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bruno Sousa helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes Paranho got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Sousa. The audience was convinced that Henrique Faro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amadeu Veiga was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Henrique Faro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 12th play minutes António Miranda shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Amadeu Veiga and just under the crossbar into goal. After having played for 18 minutes, António Miranda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paranho's supporters crossed their fingers, but António Miranda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Carlos Cruz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eduardo Branco went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luís Carneiro during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 25th minute, Luís Carneiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. António Miranda recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Paranho's Carlos Cruz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Paranho from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Paranho's zone, Eduardo Branco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carlos Cruz came out of the goal and Eduardo Branco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Henrique Faro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paranho's supporters rose to their feet, but Henrique Faro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Amadeu Veiga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 39th match minute, Alburitel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Barbosa to maneuver through the defense. Amadeu Veiga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from António Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armindo Pedroso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Carlos Cruz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

After having played for 55 minutes, António Miranda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paranho's supporters crossed their fingers, but António Miranda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 57 played minutes Paranho got a freekick which was hit by Álvaro Valente. Adelino Martins took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Carlos Cruz. Paranho's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Alburitel's Eduardo Branco got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bruno Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Carlos Cruz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raul Domingues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 85 minutes of play, Alburitel's Eduardo Branco made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carlos Cruz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Álvaro Valente charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Álvaro Valente the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Paranho's Álvaro Valente got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Adelino Martins, 93 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 98thth minute of the game Henrique Faro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alburitel's Amadeu Veiga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alburitel's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.