League Play-Off

Estadio Pontes
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Armindo Almeida made the kick off which started today's match. Armindo Almeida's late challenge caught a Cortesia FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Armindo Almeida helped the player get up and apologised. Armindo Almeida kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. After 3 played minutes Cortesia FC got a freekick which was hit by Adelino Lopes. SC Pontes's Cristiano Gaspar got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cristiano Gaspar came free with the goalkeeper in the 7th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Pedro Andrade could save by the left post. If Fábio Marques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Armindo Almeida's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Andrade read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Emanuel Martins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. André Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute of the match Rui Amorim shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pedro Andrade showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Joaquim Freitas's late challenge caught a SC Pontes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joaquim Freitas helped the player get up and apologised. 36 minutes into the match, Armindo Almeida had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Andrade. Cortesia FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Armindo Almeida was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Emanuel Martins made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Oliveira Paredes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emanuel Martins fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Miranda having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Cortesia FC's Emanuel Martins ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind André Miranda. André Miranda yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. In the 59th minute, Cristiano Gaspar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Martins in the 64th minute of play forced SC Pontes's goalkeeper André Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Cortesia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Gaspar came free, but Pedro Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 72nd minute Armindo Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute Emanuel Martins suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. After 74 minutes, Armindo Barbosa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Pontes and the Cortesia FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pedro Andrade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armindo Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 80 minutes into the match, Cortesia FC's Fábio Marques sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that André Miranda narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 87th minute Armindo Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Cortesia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Gaspar came free, but Pedro Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd match minute, SC Pontes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armindo Almeida to maneuver through the defense. André Miranda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fábio Marques's shot from short distance in the 94th minute.