League Play-Off

Estádio S.C.Viveiro
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Angélico Esteves made the kick off which started today's match. Gervásio Durães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Uldis Venckuss in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to SCViveiro getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Paulo Rocha hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Paulo Vale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulo Rocha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Nuno Coelho made a huge save. 21 minutes into the match, SCViveiro's goal looked a bit too open when Uldis Venckuss came free, but Gervásio Durães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Paulo Vale cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gervásio Durães was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 36th minute, Angélico Esteves reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nuno Coelho. The goal made the score 1-1. Paulo Rocha took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nuno Coelho. Nuno Coelho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Cristóvão Nóbrega could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Nuno Coelho made a huge save. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ganza F.C.'s goalkeeper Nuno Coelho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Raul Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ganza F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Raul Amaral was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gervásio Durães breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Uldis Venckuss made a kick off. José Damásio scored 3-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nuno Coelho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nuno Coelho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Damásio, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 68th minute, Angélico Esteves 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. Raimundo Caiado hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. In the 76thth minute of the game Cristóvão Nóbrega who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ganza F.C.'s Nuno Coelho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Damásio in the 77th minute of play forced Ganza F.C.'s goalkeeper Nuno Coelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute, Cristóvão Nóbrega ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nuno Coelho was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. After 83 played minutes SCViveiro got a freekick which was hit by Angélico Esteves. In the 84th match minute, Ganza F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vasco Leal to maneuver through the defense. Nuno Coelho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angélico Esteves in the 87th minute of the match. Gervásio Durães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Uldis Venckuss, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 93 minutes, Uldis Venckuss managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ganza F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Uldis Venckuss was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 96 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Nóbrega had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nuno Coelho. Ganza F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristóvão Nóbrega was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Ganza F.C. players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for SCViveiro.