Gil Vicente 2-1 Santa Clara, Murilo drives the comeback

Murilo was the difference in Santa Clara vs GIL Vicente. He set up Walace for the equaliser and then scored the winner himself in a 2-1 comeback that ended Gil Vicente's two-match run without a win. Pedro Pacheco was sent off in the 62nd minute, and the game changed shape after that.

Murilo's set-piece impact

Luís Pinto said after the match that the set-piece work finally paid off. “There is a day when the process will make sense and will work, regarding set pieces, today was the day,” he told A Bola in comments translated from Portuguese.

Murilo backed that up on the pitch. He finished with 1 goal and 1 assist, and his 9 rating was the best on the field. Gil Vicente also reached half-time with 14 shots to Santa Clara's 3, which fits with Pinto's point that his side were doing most of the pushing even before the red card opened the game further.

Santa Clara's missed control

Santa Clara had started well enough by scoring first, but they could not hold the match once Gil Vicente began to squeeze the game through set pieces and transitions. Petit admitted that his side had possession and several openings, yet could not get enough control in the final third. He also said the equaliser came from a set piece, before the sending-off made the closing phase harder to manage.

The result leaves Santa Clara in fourth place, while Gil Vicente move up to seventh. More than the table, though, the point is that the set-piece routine produced two decisive moments in one match, and Murilo was at the centre of both.