Challenge

Jonas Rodrigues
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 8th minute, Angelo Curado 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. Drasko Rajkovic fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rui Lisboa having to interfere. Cotinguiba Futebol Manage's Rui Lisboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sreten Popovic in the 13th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Joaquim Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cotinguiba Futebol Manage's supporters rose to their feet, but Joaquim Santana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 17th minute, Alípio Soveral fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, passed just outside the right post. Borjan Golubovic charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Borjan Golubovic the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Sreten Popovic had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 28th minute, Manuel Sacadura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th match minute, Cotinguiba Futebol Manage was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Meireles to maneuver through the defense. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alípio Soveral, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Angelo Curado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zvezdan Nedeljkovic having to interfere. Joaquim Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was a brilliant solo performance by Cotinguiba Futebol Manage's Angelo Curado when he shot the ball into the net to 1-0 in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alípio Soveral made a kick off. Drasko Rajkovic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Rui Lisboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeferino Durães in the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th minute Zeferino Durães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zvezdan Nedeljkovic saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rui Lisboa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sreten Popovic showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 68 minute of play. Joaquim Santana scored 3-1 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Joaquim Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zvezdan Nedeljkovic stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zeferino Durães's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. 96 minutes into the game, Zivko Cvetkovic threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cotinguiba Futebol Manage's Diego Cruz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Cotinguiba Futebol Manage had played much better football throughout.