League Play-Off

Cogominho
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Diogo Cabral made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Zambujal defense, José Assis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tiago Esteves. The Zambujal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tiago Esteves should have stopped the shot. In the 7th minute, Diogo Rocha 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. The audience was convinced that Diogo Cabral's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but André Moutinho was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. André Moutinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Amaral in the 12th minute of the match. If Raul Nogueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Cogominho FC's zone, Diogo Cabral stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. André Moutinho came out of the goal and Diogo Cabral tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 24 minutes, Jorge Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zambujal's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jorge Amaral was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Raul Nogueira kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tiago Esteves. That made the score 2-0 in the 35 minute of play. Diogo Cabral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. André Moutinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jorge Amaral in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg André Moutinho saved Cogominho FC from getting behind. Raul Nogueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Tiago Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. José Assis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Tiago Esteves made a huge save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Raul Nogueira to strike the kick off in the second half. Cogominho FC's Raul Nogueira got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 65th minute, Amadeu Rodrigues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hugo Viana, 65 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 68th minute, José Assis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiago Esteves was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Jorge Amaral could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but André Moutinho made a huge save. In the 75th minute, Diogo Cabral reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of André Moutinho. The goal made the score 3-1. Tiago Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Assis, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Raul Nogueira in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tiago Esteves prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Artur Amorim hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match.