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Mattas
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ricardo Madeira took the kick off in the first half of the match. Romão Durães charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Romão Durães the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th match minute, Mattas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romão Durães to maneuver through the defense. After 12 minutes, Rui Branco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mattas and the BRILLIANT COMMANDER players grew even worse after the yellow card. 11 minutes into the game, one of Mattas:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Inácio Bentes had in the 13thth minute some difficulties stopping Virgílio Rios's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 13th minute, Virgílio Rios ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Inácio Bentes was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. BRILLIANT COMMANDER's Israel Vidal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Madeira in the 20th minute of play. After 29 played minutes BRILLIANT COMMANDER got a freekick which was hit by Zeferino Amorim. The supporters of BRILLIANT COMMANDER booed when Mattas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rui Branco didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 36 minutes into the game, when Valdemar Guerreiro put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 36th minute of the game. One of Mattas:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of BRILLIANT COMMANDER:s goal. The referee gave BRILLIANT COMMANDER a penalty, 38 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Virgílio Rios, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Mattas's Inácio Bentes. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Eiró in the 45th minute of play forced Mattas's goalkeeper Inácio Bentes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Eiró in the 48th minute of play forced Mattas's goalkeeper Inácio Bentes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yuri Eiró stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ricardo Madeira during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of BRILLIANT COMMANDER booed when Mattas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Madeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind BRILLIANT COMMANDER's goalkeeper Israel Vidal, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vicente Castro didn't quite understand what happened when in the 67 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Israel Vidal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Yuri Eiró sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vicente Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Israel Vidal having to interfere. Israel Vidal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvano Rocha in the 80th minute of play. Januário Belo charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Januário Belo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 95 minutes, Silvano Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mattas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Silvano Rocha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The BRILLIANT COMMANDER players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.