League

Estadio Alguieira
Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Vítor Baia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre Severo, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Danilo Flores charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Danilo Flores the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 5th minute of the game. One of SC Apressados:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of benfica:s goal. Vítor Baia came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by benfica's Alexandre Severo. But to his dismay, Alexandre Severo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to SC Apressados getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Rafael Severiano hit a great ball. Vítor Baia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adérito Carvalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Alexandre Severo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd minute, Alexandre Severo made a precise shot to the right of Vítor Baia. SC Apressados's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Adérito Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Vítor Baia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute Cassiano Guerra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Baia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rafael Severiano charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafael Severiano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, SC Apressados's Rafael Severiano got a free kick in the 30th minute. After a rather tough play, SC Apressados's Rafael Severiano got a free kick in the 33rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Henrique Brás during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in benfica's zone, Idalécio Cabral stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Viriato Prates came out of the goal and Idalécio Cabral tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 38 minutes into the match, SC Apressados's goal looked a bit too open when Cassiano Guerra came free, but Vítor Baia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vítor Baia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassiano Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Sandrinho Lackey made the kick off in the second half. Silvano Quintela's late challenge caught a benfica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silvano Quintela helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SC Apressados getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Silvano Quintela hit a great ball. Idalécio Cabral blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Viriato Prates having to make a save. Vítor Baia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lázaro Freitas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute, Idalécio Cabral ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Viriato Prates was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Severo in the 68th minute of play forced SC Apressados's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to SC Apressados getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Henrique Brás hit a great ball. Viriato Prates didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Reis went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. If David Reis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexandre Severo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 79th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adérito Carvalho in the 81st minute of play forced SC Apressados's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. SC Apressados's Vítor Baia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save SC Apressados from getting a goal against them. Vítor Baia made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Cassiano Guerra sent off a good shot on target. Alexandre Severo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor Baia having to interfere. Cassiano Guerra was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 97th minute. benfica's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. benfica were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.