League

Alvalade XXI
Spectators: 6500 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adalberto Varela took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in JUVELEO FC's zone, Eurico Matos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rodrigo Baptista came out of the goal and Eurico Matos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 11th minute Eurico Matos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Belchior Ponte fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Faião 2024's protests and gave Belchior Ponte a yellow card for diving instead. Belchior Ponte hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as JUVELEO FC's Adolfo Perdigão slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Graciano Pereira. That made the score 1-0 after 14 minutes of play. After 19 minutes of play, Faião 2024's Eurico Matos made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodrigo Baptista was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of JUVELEO FC booed when Faião 2024 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Belchior Ponte didn't get a good kick on the ball. Graciano Pereira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adolfo Perdigão in the 27th minute. Graciano Pereira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dário Lemos in the 35th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adalberto Varela got free with Graciano Pereira in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Dário Lemos took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Graciano Pereira to make any attempt to save it. Graciano Pereira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Varanda in the 44th minute of the match. Eurico Matos kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Reinaldo Leite hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eurico Matos to make the kick off. Graciano Pereira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dário Lemos in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Adolfo Perdigão ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Graciano Pereira was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. When Dário Lemos came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the JUVELEO FC 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 Dário Lemos couldn't finish the play. Faião 2024's Graciano Pereira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dário Lemos in the 58th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Faião 2024's goal looked a bit too open when Adolfo Perdigão came free, but Graciano Pereira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Graciano Pereira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adalberto Varela, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Rodrigo Baptista made an important save on a dangerous shot by Belchior Ponte in the 66th minute. Graciano Pereira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adolfo Perdigão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Faião 2024's Graciano Pereira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adolfo Perdigão in the 78th minute of play. After 80 minutes of play, JUVELEO FC's Adalberto Varela made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Graciano Pereira was left in no man's land by his defense there! Graciano Pereira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adolfo Perdigão went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. 91 minutes into the match, Ricardo Varanda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Graciano Pereira. Faião 2024's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ricardo Varanda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. Graciano Pereira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dário Lemos in the 95th minute of the match.