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Estádio da Luz
Spectators: 8415 (Terracing: 6312, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Efthimis Lyberopoulos started the match with the kick off. When S. L. Benfica's Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vareiros FC's goalie prevented a goal. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vareiros FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Genaro Suarez was slow to take the kick. During this time S. L. Benfica's players had a chance to rest. When S. L. Benfica's Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vareiros FC's goalie prevented a goal. Efthimis Lyberopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 20 minutes into the match, S. L. Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Raimundo Salgado came free, but Hugo Orlando Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Liviu Bădiță prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With his leg Liviu Bădiță managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when S. L. Benfica's Efthimis Lyberopoulos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to S. L. Benfica getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Allan Vaughn hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raimundo Salgado in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hugo Orlando Gatti saved S. L. Benfica from getting behind. In the 28thth minute of the game Efthimis Lyberopoulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vareiros FC's Liviu Bădiță was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Liviu Bădiță made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 30th minute of play. Efthimis Lyberopoulos got in the 32nd a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Liviu Bădiță handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Liviu Bădiță stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Efthimis Lyberopoulos's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute S. L. Benfica were awarded a corner. Genaro Suarez went to the cornerflag to take it. Efthimis Lyberopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Liviu Bădiță made a huge save. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raimundo Salgado in the 41st minute of the match. Liviu Bădiță made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 43rd minute. When the match had gone on for 45 minutes, Efthimis Lyberopoulos took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Liviu Bădiță to make any attempt to save it. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Alexandre Assunção received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Hugo Orlando Gatti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Liviu Bădiță stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Efthimis Lyberopoulos's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Raimundo Salgado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Hugo Orlando Gatti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Liviu Bădiță stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Efthimis Lyberopoulos's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. After taking down the ball on S. L. Benfica's corner Genaro Suarez fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Liviu Bădiță quite easily take care of the ball. After 68 minutes Vareiros FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Genaro Suarez who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Genaro Suarez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Liviu Bădiță quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Liviu Bădiță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efthimis Lyberopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Liviu Bădiță took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efthimis Lyberopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, Yasin Bilgen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Liviu Bădiță was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Hugo Orlando Gatti was out of position in the 83 minute of play, and Raimundo Salgado capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Raimundo Salgado really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. In the 86th minute, Raimundo Salgado made a precise shot to the right of Hugo Orlando Gatti. S. L. Benfica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Emanuel Travassos hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Yasin Bilgen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of S. L. Benfica booed when Vareiros FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Sousa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emanuel Travassos charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emanuel Travassos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Emanuel Travassos kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match.