League

Estádio do Dragão
Spectators: 9275 (Terracing: 6958, Seating: 2133, VIP seats: 184) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Barry Houghton took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Machados FC V2's zone, Barry Houghton stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rodrigo Lima came out of the goal and Barry Houghton tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Zacarias Sesimbra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aristides Henry went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The throw-in from Daniel Antunes in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Machados FC V2's Brin Jeromen. Machados FC V2's Rodrigo Lima proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Machados FC V2 from getting a goal against them. When Aristides Henry came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Machados FC V2 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 Aristides Henry couldn't finish the play. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dragonf⮊rcE's goalkeeper Zacarias Sesimbra, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rodrigo Lima made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Barry Houghton sent off a good shot on target. Rodrigo Lima was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Barry Houghton showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 22 minute of play. After having played for 24 minutes, Aristides Henry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Machados FC V2's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aristides Henry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aristides Henry blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zacarias Sesimbra having to make a save. When Machados FC V2's Aristides Henry in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dragonf⮊rcE's goalie prevented a goal. Rodrigo Lima was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Barry Houghton showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 30 minute of play. Zacarias Sesimbra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristides Henry in the 33rd minute of the match. Rodrigo Lima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Pauleta in the 43rd minute of play.

Machados FC V2's Matthias Tham was substituted for Hildeberto Cortez. Herman Dresselbjerg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodrigo Lima having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Aristides Henry's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zacarias Sesimbra was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Zacarias Sesimbra made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Aristides Henry sent off a good shot on target. In the 62nd minute of the match Machados FC V2 got a corner. Dragonf⮊rcE's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pascoal Espírito Santo ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dragonf⮊rcE's goalkeeper Zacarias Sesimbra, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dragonf⮊rcE's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pascoal Espírito Santo was slow to take the kick. During this time Machados FC V2's players had a chance to rest. When Dragonf⮊rcE's Barry Houghton in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Machados FC V2's goalie prevented a goal. In the 79th match minute, Machados FC V2 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brin Jeromen to maneuver through the defense. Machados FC V2's Rodrigo Lima played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mário Jardel in the 82nd minute of play. After 89 played minutes Dragonf⮊rcE got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Antunes. Rodrigo Lima showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mário Jardel, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute.