Estadio de Tavira
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116,
Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) TAVIRA FC's Shao Xi Ran 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. Herberto Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Espírito Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Espírito Santo in the 5th minute of play forced TAVIRA FC's goalkeeper Herberto Abreu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Dave Nash's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Herberto Abreu was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. A collision led to TAVIRA FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Lúcio Poças hit a great ball. Herberto Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dave Nash, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 15 minutes into the match, TAVIRA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hugo Manso came free, but Herberto Abreu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Júlio César showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shao Xi Ran in the 16th minute of the match. TAVIRA FC's Herberto Abreu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Espírito Santo in the 19th minute of play. Herberto Abreu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Espírito Santo in the 20th minute of the match. Herberto Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dave Nash in the 24th minute of play. Herberto Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabrício Baía, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Herberto Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Manso in the 29th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Marco Espírito Santo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AD Oliveirense fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Herberto Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Espírito Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 39 minutes into the game, AD Oliveirense's Dave Nash nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Herberto Abreu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. When the match clock showed 42 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Dave Nash sped through TAVIRA FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Herberto Abreu.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dave Nash to make the kick off. Herberto Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Espírito Santo in the 52nd minute of play. Júlio César made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shao Xi Ran in the 53rd minute of play. In the 56th minute Marco Espírito Santo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herberto Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Júlio César made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandre Semedo in the 58th minute of play. Júlio César stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shao Xi Ran's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. 63 minutes into the match, TAVIRA FC's Alexandre Semedo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Júlio César narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Júlio César showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xurxo Capon, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Dave Nash's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Herberto Abreu firmly grabbed it by the left post. TAVIRA FC's Herberto Abreu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save TAVIRA FC from getting a goal against them. TAVIRA FC's Cristiano Sousa was substituted for Alexandre Semedo. AD Oliveirense made a substitution. Nick Troelsgaard replaced Fabian Pantelimon. In the 71st minute of the match AD Oliveirense got a corner. TAVIRA FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabrício Baía ran over to the corner to take the kick. Fabrício Baía made a great header on AD Oliveirense's corner, it was just that TAVIRA FC's Herberto Abreu managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 72nd minute Cristiano Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Júlio César saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute of the match TAVIRA FC got a corner. AD Oliveirense's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Shao Xi Ran ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Xurxo Capon heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Nick Troelsgaard hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. AD Oliveirense made a substitution. Celedonio Berenguer replaced Dave Nash. After a rather tough play, AD Oliveirense's Nick Troelsgaard got a free kick in the 77th minute. 83 minutes into the match, TAVIRA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Espírito Santo came free, but Herberto Abreu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Marco Espírito Santo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Herberto Abreu. TAVIRA FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marco Espírito Santo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 86th minute, Ruben Dias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes into the match, AD Oliveirense's goal looked a bit too open when Tolgahan Albayrak came free, but Júlio César reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Celedonio Berenguer's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Herberto Abreu firmly grabbed it by the left post. Celedonio Berenguers short, quick shot in the 91stth minute got Herberto Abreu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After some careless play in the TAVIRA FC defense, Xavier Vilar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Herberto Abreu. The TAVIRA FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Herberto Abreu should have stopped the shot. Herberto Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Espírito Santo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle sounded AD Oliveirense left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than TAVIRA FC.
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