League Play-Off

Mateiro
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Telmo da Costa made the kick off and thus started the match. Daniel Barbosa's late challenge caught a Mateiro SS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Barbosa helped the player get up and apologised. Falcão Loureiro's late challenge caught a Cagados's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Falcão Loureiro helped the player get up and apologised. Falcão Loureiro hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Mateiro SS's Sérgio Novaes got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute, Murillo da Rocha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cagados fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 15th match minute, Mateiro SS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norberto Leal to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute of the match Giovani Chaves sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Edu Fernandes skillfully saved the ball. In the 18th minute Murillo da Rocha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edu Fernandes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edu Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Acácio Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Valdo dos Santos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luís Guilherme Silva read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. 25 minutes into the game, Luiz Paulo Massa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cagados's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mateiro SS the free kick. After 25 played minutes Cagados got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Paulo Massa. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murillo da Rocha in the 29th minute of play forced Mateiro SS's goalkeeper Edu Fernandes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Mateiro SS booed when Cagados was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Murillo da Rocha didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Acácio Almeida came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Cagados fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Acácio Almeida couldn't finish the play. In the 39th minute, Murillo da Rocha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cagados fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 43 minutes into the game, Acácio Almeida was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cagados's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mateiro SS the free kick. A collision led to Cagados getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Acácio Almeida hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murillo da Rocha in the 46th minute of play forced Mateiro SS's goalkeeper Edu Fernandes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Murillo da Rocha was the one to do the kick off. When Telmo da Costa came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Mateiro SS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Telmo da Costa couldn't finish the play. Luís Guilherme Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Telmo da Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. After a rather tough play, Cagados's Luiz Paulo Massa got a free kick in the 61st minute. After 62 minutes of play, Mateiro SS's Valdo dos Santos made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Guilherme Silva was left in no man's land by his defense there! Edu Fernandes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Acácio Almeida went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. A collision led to Mateiro SS getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Falcão Loureiro hit a great ball. 78 minutes into the match, Mateiro SS's goalkeeper Edu Fernandes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Acácio Almeida. Murillo da Rocha's late challenge caught a Mateiro SS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Murillo da Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. Telmo da Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Telmo da Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 83rd minute, Telmo da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Acácio Almeida struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Edu Fernandes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cagados. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Cagados walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.