League Play-Off

Estoi
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Miguel Nogueira got the match started through his kick off. After 6 minutes, Sérgio Delgado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Estoi and the SC Louredinho players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sérgio Delgado hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Hugo Viegas struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Lourenço Neto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Estoi. 16 minutes into the match, SC Louredinho's goalkeeper Lourenço Neto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bruno Anjos. After some careless play in the SC Estoi defense, Henrique Delgado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rui Pacheco. The SC Estoi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rui Pacheco should have stopped the shot. After 24 minutes of play SC Estoi's Sérgio Delgado was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 25th minute, Sérgio Delgado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute, one of SC Estoi: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 SC Estoi. The referee gave SC Louredinho a penalty, 28 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Diogo Nunes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SC Estoi's Rui Pacheco. 0-2. Miguel Rodrigues took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rui Pacheco. Rui Pacheco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. If Bruno Anjos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Miguel Rodrigues came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the SC Louredinho 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 Miguel Rodrigues couldn't finish the play. If Henrique Delgado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half SC Louredinho were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Rui Pacheco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique Delgado in the 54th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Bruno Anjos managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Estoi's supporters rose to their feet, but Bruno Anjos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lourenço Neto breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Henrique Delgado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Pacheco having to interfere. In the 65th minute, SC Estoi's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Miguel Rodrigues fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 68th minute Henrique Delgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui Pacheco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 minutes SC Louredinho's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Xavier Borba who took care of the corner kick. Rui Pacheco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henrique Delgado in the 81st minute of play. Rui Pacheco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henrique Delgado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Bruno Anjos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Miguel Rodrigues came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the SC Louredinho 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 Miguel Rodrigues couldn't finish the play.