Official Cup

Alvaláxia Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Sporting Clube de Gaya's Manuel Porto started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the Sporting Clube de Gaya defense, Frits Evenhuis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of António Trubin. The Sporting Clube de Gaya fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that António Trubin should have stopped the shot. MC ESPANHOL's Teófilo Belém played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Lisboa in the 10th minute of play. Sporting Clube de Gaya made a substitution. Roque Euloxu replaced Paulo-Henrique Ganso. In the 12th minute of the match Sporting Clube de Gaya got a corner. MC ESPANHOL's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Isaac Göransson ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Sporting Clube de Gaya's Manuel Porto getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After 14 played minutes MC ESPANHOL got a freekick which was hit by Mauro Nascimento. The crowd rose to their feet as Manuel Porto kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Teófilo Belém. That made the score 1-1 in the 15 minute of play. António Trubin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Ribeiro in the 18th minute of the match. António Trubin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Virgílio Serpa in the 18th minute of play. António Trubin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgílio Serpa in the 19th minute of the match. António Trubin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kostas Sourpis in the 20th minute of the match. After having played for 22 minutes, Virgílio Serpa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MC ESPANHOL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Virgílio Serpa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of MC ESPANHOL booed when Sporting Clube de Gaya was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isaac Göransson didn't get a good kick on the ball. António Trubin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgílio Serpa, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. The supporters of MC ESPANHOL booed when Sporting Clube de Gaya was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isaac Göransson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 30th minute Kostas Sourpis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but António Trubin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. António Trubin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frits Evenhuis in the 33rd minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube de Gaya's goal looked a bit too open when Frits Evenhuis came free, but António Trubin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sporting Clube de Gaya's António Trubin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frits Evenhuis in the 39th minute of play. Horácio Pedroso hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. MC ESPANHOL's Teófilo Belém played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Porto in the 45th minute of play. Virgílio Serpa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without António Trubin having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frits Evenhuis to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Manuel Porto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sporting Clube de Gaya fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 57 minutes into the match, MC ESPANHOL's goal looked a bit too open when Fredy Montero came free, but Teófilo Belém reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Sourpis in the 59th minute of play forced Sporting Clube de Gaya's goalkeeper António Trubin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Sourpis in the 59th minute of play forced Sporting Clube de Gaya's goalkeeper António Trubin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MC ESPANHOL were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after Sporting Clube de Gaya's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Aldo Giovannelli took the corner. After taking down the ball on MC ESPANHOL's corner Aldo Giovannelli fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and António Trubin quite easily take care of the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Mauro Nascimento in the 66th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sporting Clube de Gaya's Li Shi Xiang. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fredy Montero in the 67th minute of play forced MC ESPANHOL's goalkeeper Teófilo Belém to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teófilo Belém made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Porto in the 70th minute of play. In the 75th minute, Virgílio Serpa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MC ESPANHOL fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. In the 80th minute, MC ESPANHOL's Frits Evenhuis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Sporting Clube de Gaya's Paulino Maltez was substituted for Manuel Porto. Teófilo Belém showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulino Maltez in the 86th minute of the match. Teófilo Belém took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredy Montero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sporting Clube de Gaya's António Trubin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kostas Sourpis in the 93rd minute of play.