League Play-Off

Estadio Mascanho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when José Brás got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 7 minutes, José Brás managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Mascanho's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Brás was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of SC Mascanho booed when Cachofarra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristiano Fontes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cândido Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Brás in the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute of the match, Adelino Machado tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cândido Lopes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Bernardo Cabral blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cândido Lopes having to make a save. When Cachofarra's Miguel Azevedo in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SC Mascanho's goalie prevented a goal. António Aguiar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Jorge Morais tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emílio Freitas charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emílio Freitas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bernardo Cabral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cachofarra's Miguel Azevedo got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cândido Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Brás in the 38th minute of the match. Cândido Lopes didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 40th minute, which inside left pole to 2-0. Alexandre Ramos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jorge Morais. SC Mascanho's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

SC Mascanho's Jorge Morais played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by António Aguiar in the 52nd minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Cachofarra's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardo Cabral came free, but Cândido Lopes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Miguel Azevedo got free with Jorge Morais in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of SC Mascanho booed when Cachofarra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristiano Fontes didn't get a good kick on the ball. José Brás sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. SC Mascanho's José Brás got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Bernardo Cabral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Miguel Azevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Miguel Azevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Cachofarra's zone, José Brás stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cândido Lopes came out of the goal and José Brás tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 81st minute Bernardo Cabral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cândido Lopes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Simão Barbosa's late challenge caught a SC Mascanho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Simão Barbosa helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Cachofarra getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Simão Barbosa hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by António Aguiar in the 90th minute of play forced SC Mascanho's goalkeeper Jorge Morais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute, Jaime Melo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jorge Morais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from António Aguiar in the 92nd minute of the match. The supporters of SC Mascanho booed when Cachofarra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristiano Fontes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jorge Morais made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Aguiar in the 97th minute of play. Cachofarra's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.