League Play-Off

Safara
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when José Cunha got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to SC Ouguela getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Alberto Oliveira hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Delfim Borges 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. After 9 minutes of play, SC Ouguela's José Costa made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. André Nunes was left in no man's land by his defense there! André Nunes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Cunha went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 22nd minute of the match Cláudio Pires sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but André Nunes skillfully saved the ball. Delfim Borges scored 1-2 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Xavier Viana, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. José Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. André Nunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. André Nunes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of José Cunha's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. In the 34th match minute, Safara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Cunha to maneuver through the defense. In the 36th minute, Domingos Barbosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cláudio Pires, 37 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. The SC Ouguela fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when SC Ouguela's José Costa looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 43rd minute, André Leal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute José Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Nunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, José Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Ouguela's supporters rose to their feet, but José Cunha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. André Nunes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lúcio Valente to strike the kick off in the second half. José Costa kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 51stth minute. Though ot was a great shot Safara's keeper André Nunes was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. In the 57th minute Lúcio Valente shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xavier Viana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucas Azevedo charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lucas Azevedo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lucas Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. In the 60th minute of the match Gaspar Moniz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but André Nunes showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. José Cunha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lúcio Valente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Xavier Viana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. José Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. José Cunha struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. André Nunes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Ouguela. In the 81st minute Lúcio Valente shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xavier Viana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xavier Viana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delfim Borges in the 82nd minute of the match. Delfim Borges struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Xavier Viana didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Safara. Xavier Viana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delfim Borges in the 89th minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, Safara's goal looked a bit too open when José Cunha came free, but André Nunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The SC Ouguela players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.