Oliveirense confirms good moment

Oliveirense, after winning the Hugo dos Santos Cup a week ago, started the men's league play-offs with a win (87-74) by defeating Ovarense yesterday in the first game of the quarter-finals. A fair victory for the team that, despite seeing its opponent getting dangerously close, was practically always ahead on the scoreboard. In these moments, João Figueiredo's team showed the necessary serenity and was, above all, more collective than its “neighbours” from Ovar. Furthermore, the team from Oliveira de Azeméis arrives at this stage of the season with its foreign players in very good form - Malik Morgan came out on top towards the end of the match, Deontae Hawkins continues to show great quality and even Danjel Purifoy has surprised positively - in addition to the excellent contributions of André Bessa, João Fernandes and Litos Cardoso, also very motivated and playing very well. And while it is true that the Oliveirense team managed to overcome the absence of the injured Onno Steger, on the other side, the team from Ovar felt the lack of Render Woods. Gustavo Teixeira took on the role of main “base” for the Vareiros, played a good game, but it became clear that João Tiago's team needed a second player capable of playing in that position.

With Oliveirense leading the tie, the two teams will face each other again next Thursday, starting at 9 pm, at Arena de Ovar.

Oliveirense, after winning the Hugo dos Santos Cup a week ago, started the men's league play-offs with a win (87-74) by defeating Ovarense yesterday in the first game of the quarter-finals. A fair victory for the team that, despite seeing its opponent getting dangerously close, was practically always ahead on the scoreboard. In these moments, João Figueiredo's team showed the necessary serenity and was, above all, more collective than its “neighbours” from Ovar. Furthermore, the team from Oliveira de Azeméis arrives at this stage of the season with its foreign players in very good form - Malik Morgan came out on top towards the end of the match, Deontae Hawkins continues to show great quality and even Danjel Purifoy has surprised positively - in addition to the excellent contributions of André Bessa, João Fernandes and Litos Cardoso, also very motivated and playing very well. And while it is true that the Oliveirense team managed to overcome the absence of the injured Onno Steger, on the other side, the team from Ovar felt the lack of Render Woods. Gustavo Teixeira took on the role of main “base” for the Vareiros, played a good game, but it became clear that João Tiago's team needed a second player capable of playing in that position.

With Oliveirense leading the tie, the two teams will face each other again next Thursday, starting at 9 pm, at Arena de Ovar.

Oliveirense, after winning the Hugo dos Santos Cup a week ago, started the men's league play-offs with a win (87-74) by defeating Ovarense yesterday in the first game of the quarter-finals. A fair victory for the team that, despite seeing its opponent getting dangerously close, was practically always ahead on the scoreboard. In these moments, João Figueiredo's team showed the necessary serenity and was, above all, more collective than its “neighbours” from Ovar. Furthermore, the team from Oliveira de Azeméis arrives at this stage of the season with its foreign players in very good form - Malik Morgan came out on top towards the end of the match, Deontae Hawkins continues to show great quality and even Danjel Purifoy has surprised positively - in addition to the excellent contributions of André Bessa, João Fernandes and Litos Cardoso, also very motivated and playing very well. And while it is true that the Oliveirense team managed to overcome the absence of the injured Onno Steger, on the other side, the team from Ovar felt the lack of Render Woods. Gustavo Teixeira took on the role of main “base” for the Vareiros, played a good game, but it became clear that João Tiago's team needed a second player capable of playing in that position.

With Oliveirense leading the tie, the two teams will face each other again next Thursday, starting at 9 pm, at Arena de Ovar.