League Play-Off

Nozelos
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. Henrique Delgado started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrique Delgado in the 4th minute of play forced SC Nozelos's goalkeeper Pedro Pereira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Pereira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Rodrigues in the 7th minute of play. Henrique Delgado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Pereira didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when SC Louredinho's Henrique Delgado shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. If Henrique Delgado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. João Coelho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. João Coelho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 28th minute, João Coelho made a precise shot to the right of Lourenço Neto. SC Louredinho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After a rather tough play, SC Louredinho's Marco Lima got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Lourenço Neto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from António Lima in the 34th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in SC Louredinho's zone, João Coelho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lourenço Neto came out of the goal and João Coelho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, SC Louredinho's Lourenço Neto got control of the ball when João Coelho tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in SC Nozelos's zone, Henrique Delgado stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Pereira came out of the goal and Henrique Delgado tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when António Lima stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When João Coelho came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the SC Nozelos 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 João Coelho couldn't finish the play. In the 60th minute, João Coelho made a precise shot to the right of Lourenço Neto. SC Louredinho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Henrique Delgado recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Miguel Rodrigues blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pedro Pereira having to make a save. Diogo Nunes charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Diogo Nunes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 69 minutes into the game, one of SC Louredinho:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. SC Nozelos's Tomás Martins got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. João Coelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Lourenço Neto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Coelho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. António Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Lima struck a weak shot in the 98th minute. Pedro Pereira didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Louredinho.