League Play-Off

Estadio Brogueira
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Olívio Carmo took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team's Honorato Rangel got a free kick in the 4th minute. Palmiro Moura struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Filip De Wilde didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SLVidigueira. After a defensive mix-up in SLVidigueira's zone, Olívio Carmo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorge Fragoso came out of the goal and Olívio Carmo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olívio Carmo in the 12th minute of play forced SLVidigueira's goalkeeper Jorge Fragoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Honorato Rangel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in SLVidigueira's zone, Olívio Carmo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorge Fragoso came out of the goal and Olívio Carmo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jorge Fragoso came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team's Yu Xiong. But to his dismay, Yu Xiong quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Olívio Carmo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Carlos Malheiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Patrício Neves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Olívio Carmo came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team 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 Olívio Carmo couldn't finish the play. After having played for 44 minutes, Olívio Carmo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olívio Carmo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 47th minute, Carlos Malheiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Palmiro Moura to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Palmiro Moura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filip De Wilde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Palmiro Moura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Filip De Wilde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Palmiro Moura in the 60th minute of play forced ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team's goalkeeper Filip De Wilde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patrício Neves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Jorge Fragoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th minute, one of SLVidigueira:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for SLVidigueira. When the match had been going on for 68 minutes, ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team's Yu Xiong got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Jorge Fragoso. Silvano Rebocho kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Honorato Rangel struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Jorge Fragoso didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team. If Honorato Rangel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Filip De Wilde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Malheiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team's Honorato Rangel got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 87th minute, Olívio Carmo 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. Filip De Wilde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Palmiro Moura in the 88th minute of the match. Olívio Carmo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Jorge Fragoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The SLVidigueira fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ¨¨NOGU&IRA¨¨team were clearly better and deserved to take the win.