Friendly League

SC Braga Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Don Duarte got the match started through his kick off. King Duarte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Bettencourt in the 18th minute. After a rather tough play, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Virgílio Anjos got a free kick in the 22nd minute. King Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leal Antas in the 24th minute of the match. After 25 played minutes CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land got a freekick which was hit by Horácio Carrasqueira. In the 26th minute, Horácio Carrasqueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of SC Braga booed when CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mateus Campos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hermínio Leal hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Josué Pacheco kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Don Duarte blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Adelino Coelho having to make a save. Virgílio Anjos's late challenge caught a SC Braga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Virgílio Anjos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th minute Emanuel Miguéis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adelino Coelho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Braga's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rodolfo Caldas was slow to take the kick. During this time CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Rodolfo Caldas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Adelino Coelho quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 47 minutes of play, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Emanuel Miguéis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adelino Coelho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leal Antas to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Nuno Pereira made a precise shot to the right of Adelino Coelho. SC Braga's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 57th match minute, SC Braga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sabino Setúbal to maneuver through the defense. Nuno Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Adelino Coelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Don Duarte in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adelino Coelho saved SC Braga from getting behind. In the 66th minute Ricardo Vasques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but King Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute, Cássio Osório got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. SC Braga's Adelino Coelho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Miguéis in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, SC Braga's goal looked a bit too open when Nuno Pereira came free, but Adelino Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th match minute, SC Braga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leal Antas to maneuver through the defense. Adelino Coelho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Don Duarte in the 77th minute. Adelino Coelho made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Don Duarte sent off a good shot on target. Hilário Viegas kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Rodolfo Caldas shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 81st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Adelino Coelho but with some difficulty. 82 minutes into the game, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Don Duarte nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Adelino Coelho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The supporters of SC Braga booed when CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nuno Pereira didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 91st minute, Ricardo Vasques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pascoal Alvarenga charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pascoal Alvarenga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Pascoal Alvarenga hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Ricardo Vasques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without King Duarte having to interfere. Virgílio Anjos was shown his second yellow card after 96 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Virgílio Anjos got a free kick in the 97th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.