Campo do Regato
Spectators: 8105 (Terracing: 6080,
Seating: 1864, VIP seats: 161) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Manuel Teixeira kicked off to start the match. Leandro Meireles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delfim Matias, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, Seleção de Aleijados's Delfim Matias got a free kick in the 7th minute. Seleção de Aleijados were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Manuel Teixeira took the corner. In the 18th minute, Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos's Igor Barata seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Igor Barata the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Igor Barata had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 18 minutes into the game, one of Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 23 played minutes, Seleção de Aleijados's Manuel Teixeira shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Leandro Meireles 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 Seleção de Aleijados reached it. The audience was convinced that Lionel-Andrés Lapadula's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leandro Meireles was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Miguel Poçass short, quick shot in the 25thth minute got Flávio Regueira to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Leandro Meireles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delfim Matias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Manuel Teixeira was slow to take the kick. During this time Seleção de Aleijados's players had a chance to rest. In the 33rd minute, Manuel Teixeira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leandro Meireles was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. The supporters of Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos booed when Seleção de Aleijados was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Teixeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Miguel Poças dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Flávio Regueira, 1-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.
The wind increased when Miguel Poças made the kick off in the second half. The Seleção de Aleijados fans' excitement grew in the 55th match minute when Seleção de Aleijados's Lionel-Andrés Lapadula looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 57th minute, Ursus Erler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 59 minutes, Manuel Teixeira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Seleção de Aleijados's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manuel Teixeira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 61 minutes into the match, Seleção de Aleijados's Delfim Matias sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leandro Meireles narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Seleção de Aleijados were awarded a corner. Manuel Teixeira went to the cornerflag to take it. Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos's Leandro Meireles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos from getting a goal against them. Ursus Erler kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Lionel-Andrés Lapadula left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Seleção de Aleijados fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. In the 74th minute of the match Lisandro Linhares sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Leandro Meireles skillfully saved the ball. If Miguel Poças had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lionel-Andrés Lapadula could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Leandro Meireles made a huge save. Leandro Meireles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delfim Matias in the 78th minute of play. Seleção de Aleijados were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Manuel Teixeira took the corner. Lionel-Andrés Lapadula made a great header on Seleção de Aleijados's corner, it was just that Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos's Leandro Meireles managed to reach the ball for a save. Manuel Teixeira shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Leandro Meireles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Teixeira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 97th minute, Manuel Teixeira made a precise shot to the right of Leandro Meireles. Cruz de Cristo-Carvalhos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-8.
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