League Play-Off

Estadio Torre
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. Miguel Ribeiro started the match with the kick off. After 6 played minutes Veni Vidi Vici FC got a freekick which was hit by Manuel França. 11 minutes into the match, Torre's goal looked a bit too open when Óscar Falcão came free, but Eusébio Delgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Osvaldo Gomes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Donato Pestana during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 16th minute, Veni Vidi Vici FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nuno Reis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Nuno Reis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Osvaldo Gomes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Júlio Faro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Osvaldo Gomes was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Júlio Faro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Osvaldo Gomes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nuno Reis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osvaldo Gomes having to interfere. Nuno Reis scored 1-0 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Osvaldo Gomes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Osvaldo Gomes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Manuel França to make the kick off. Norberto Oliveira charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Norberto Oliveira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Nuno Reis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nuno Reis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 65 played minutes, Torre's Sérgio Lima shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Osvaldo Gomes came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Torre reached it. In the 74th minute, Manuel França fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After a rather tough play, Veni Vidi Vici FC's Manuel França got a free kick in the 78th minute. Manuel França blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eusébio Delgado having to make a save. Miguel Ribeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Osvaldo Gomes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Osvaldo Gomes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Ribeiro in the 93rd minute of play. Osvaldo Gomes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Reis, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 97th minute, Miguel Ribeiro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Torre walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.