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Estádio Popular
Spectators: 8043 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1881, VIP seats: 162) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alão Sampaio made the kick off which started today's match. Altonsdf's Sebastián Chivukuvuku got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Miguel Da Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hipólito Duarte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Miguel Da Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. Hipólito Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Da Costa in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Clube Recreativo Operário were awarded a corner. Marcelo Mendes went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Flavio Amado managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Alão Sampaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hipólito Duarte having to interfere. Hipólito Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alão Sampaio in the 22nd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Miguel Da Costa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hipólito Duarte. That made the score 1-0 in the 25 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Alão Sampaio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Clube Recreativo Operário's supporters rose to their feet, but Alão Sampaio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hipólito Duarte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 32nd minute, Alão Sampaio 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. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Miguel Da Costa took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Hipólito Duarte to make any attempt to save it. In the 44th minute Emílio Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Avelino Novais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

A collision led to Altonsdf getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Emílio Almeida hit a great ball. Avelino Novais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastián Chivukuvuku in the 60th minute of the match. Miguel Da Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Hipólito Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute, Tadeu Cruz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Avelino Novais made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Emílio Almeida sent off a good shot on target. Teta Clérigo's late challenge caught a Clube Recreativo Operário's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teta Clérigo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th match minute, Altonsdf was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teta Clérigo to maneuver through the defense. Teta Clérigo kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Clube Recreativo Operário's Teodoro Curvelo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Sebastián Da Costa in the 70 minute of the game. In the 72nd minute of the match Teodoro Curvelo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hipólito Duarte skillfully saved the ball. After 73 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Altonsdf! 82 minutes into the match, Clube Recreativo Operário's goal looked a bit too open when Rogério Jacinto came free, but Avelino Novais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Alão Sampaio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hipólito Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alão Sampaio in the 88th minute of the match. In the 91st minute Alão Sampaio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hipólito Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Altonsdf getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Sebastián Chivukuvuku hit a great ball. A collision led to Clube Recreativo Operário getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Flavio Amado hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Altonsdf players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Clube Recreativo Operário.