League Play-Off

Estadio Beca
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when David Henriques got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 7 minutes, André Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beca FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but André Azevedo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fernando Carneiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Moutinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Beca FC's André Azevedo got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 17thth minute of the game Tomás Moutinho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Sitio's Fernando Carneiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 20 minutes of play, Beca FC's Tomás Moutinho made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Carneiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! João Mendes's late challenge caught a Beca FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. João Mendes helped the player get up and apologised. After 24 played minutes SC Sitio got a freekick which was hit by João Mendes. Francisco Cabral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiago Silva in the 31st minute of play. With his leg Fernando Carneiro managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when Beca FC's André Azevedo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. André Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Carneiro having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, André Azevedo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fernando Carneiro. SC Sitio's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that André Azevedo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomás Moutinho to make the kick off. André Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Carneiro having to interfere. SC Sitio's Fernando Carneiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Moutinho in the 56th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Xavier Alves during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tiago Silva kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. After 74 played minutes Beca FC got a freekick which was hit by Tomás Moutinho. Francisco Cabral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Henriques in the 78th minute of play. David Henriques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Cabral having to interfere. When David Martins fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Sitio's protests and gave David Martins a yellow card for diving instead. Fernando Carneiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Azevedo in the 84th minute of the match. Fernando Carneiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Azevedo in the 85th minute of play. In the 99th minute of the match Beca FC got a corner. SC Sitio's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Óscar Resende ran over to the corner to take the kick. Beca FC's Óscar Resende was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fernando Carneiro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Beca FC had won after a very even match.