League

Berkhamsted
Spectators: 6968 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1968, VIP seats: 0) If Marílio Amado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 7th minute João Carlos Firmino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrique Pedrosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Heitor Areosa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Hélio Serineu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Heitor Areosa came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Hurst Green 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 Heitor Areosa couldn't finish the play. After 16 minutes, Quim Moco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Berkhamsted and the Hurst Green players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Berkhamsted fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 15th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Hurst Green a penalty, 18 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ubaldo Simões, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Berkhamsted's Hélio Serineu. 0-2. Henrique Pedrosa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but João Carlos Firmino showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 25 minute of play. The supporters of Hurst Green booed when Berkhamsted was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Ericeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Teta Jacinto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Henrique Pedrosa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Henrique Pedrosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Carlos Firmino in the 33rd minute of the match. Heitor Areosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Marílio Amado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Teta Jacinto 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. Hélio Serineu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Heitor Areosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when João Carlos Firmino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Paulo Zamora sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hélio Serineu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Heitor Areosa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulo Zamora recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Heitor Areosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélio Serineu having to interfere. After 71 played minutes, Berkhamsted's João Carlos Malheiro shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Henrique Pedrosa came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Berkhamsted reached it. The audience was convinced that João Carlos Firmino 's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henrique Pedrosa was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Heitor Areosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Hélio Serineu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Marílio Amado fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hurst Green's protests and gave Marílio Amado a yellow card for diving instead. In the 87th minute, Teta Jacinto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrique Pedrosa was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Marílio Amado was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 90th minute. Hurst Green's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The supporters of Berkhamsted booed when Hurst Green was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ubaldo Simões didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quim Moco in the 93rd minute of play forced Hurst Green's goalkeeper Henrique Pedrosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hurst Green were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.