Official Cup

Ultrapark
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Ferenc van Nistelrooij started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Filipe Pimenta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to União Caparica getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Jorge Pais hit a great ball. In the 12th minute Albert Karapetkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yusuf Ziya Sertaç saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sidónio Maltez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noel Menezes, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 17th minute S.João de Areias were awarded a corner. Silvano Severo went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Noel Menezes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferenc van Nistelrooij got free with Sidónio Maltez in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yusuf Ziya Sertaç made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albert Karapetkov in the 22nd minute of play. Noel Menezes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Sidónio Maltez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yusuf Ziya Sertaç showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Karapetkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Noel Menezes struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Sidónio Maltez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for S.João de Areias. Yusuf Ziya Sertaç took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albert Karapetkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 minutes of play, S.João de Areias's Ferenc van Nistelrooij made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sidónio Maltez was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Artur Horta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ferenc van Nistelrooij kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Noel Menezes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidónio Maltez having to interfere. In the 47th minute Noel Menezes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidónio Maltez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 49th minute S.João de Areias were awarded a corner. Silvano Severo went to the cornerflag to take it. After 50 minutes, Albert Karapetkov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the União Caparica and the S.João de Areias players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to União Caparica getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Albert Karapetkov hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Albert Karapetkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 54 minutes, Noel Menezes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S.João de Areias's supporters crossed their fingers, but Noel Menezes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yusuf Ziya Sertaç made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Horta in the 55th minute of play. When Ferenc van Nistelrooij came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the S.João de Areias fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ferenc van Nistelrooij couldn't finish the play. When Noel Menezes came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the S.João de Areias fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Noel Menezes couldn't finish the play. Yusuf Ziya Sertaç took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artur Horta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to União Caparica getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Cristiano Vilaverde hit a great ball. União Caparica's Sidónio Maltez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferenc van Nistelrooij in the 68th minute of play. S.João de Areias's Yusuf Ziya Sertaç proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save S.João de Areias from getting a goal against them. Yusuf Ziya Sertaç made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Horta in the 73rd minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, União Caparica's goal looked a bit too open when Ferenc van Nistelrooij came free, but Sidónio Maltez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. S.João de Areias were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after União Caparica's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Silvano Severo took the corner. After taking down the ball on S.João de Areias's corner Silvano Severo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sidónio Maltez quite easily take care of the ball. Sidónio Maltez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noel Menezes in the 78th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Artur Horta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yusuf Ziya Sertaç was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Ferenc van Nistelrooij fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidónio Maltez having to interfere. The supporters of S.João de Areias booed when União Caparica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Belchior Figueira didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 90th match minute, S.João de Areias was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teófilo Pinto to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albert Karapetkov got free with Yusuf Ziya Sertaç in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Filipe Pimenta hit a great freekick 99 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. S.João de Areias fully deserved thier win.