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Arena Alentejo
Spectators: 7368 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jeremias de Amaral kicked off to start the match. Eric Rise fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cássio Miranda having to interfere. In the 6th minute Jeremias de Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cássio Miranda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eric Rise in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cássio Miranda saved O Savle CAD from getting behind. After 12 minutes of play, BENFICA F C's Eric Rise made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cássio Miranda was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, O Savle CAD's Alípio Rios got a free kick in the 16th minute. Jeremias de Amaral scored 0-2 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cássio Miranda, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, BENFICA F C's Rodrigo Quaresma got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 25th match minute, O Savle CAD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amável Tinoco to maneuver through the defense. 27 minutes into the game, Eliseu Conde threw the ball into play from the sideline. BENFICA F C's Manuel Ribeiro quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Amável Tinoco hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute, Jeremias de Amaral got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After the first half BENFICA F C were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Evandro Torres made a kick off. A collision led to BENFICA F C getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Paulo Gois hit a great ball. Almiro Osório received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Cássio Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jeremias de Amaral's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Cássio Miranda skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 64th minute, Eric Rise ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cássio Miranda was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. Cássio Miranda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eric Rise's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. O Savle CAD's Cássio Miranda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save O Savle CAD from getting a goal against them. Alípio Rios kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. BENFICA F C made a substitution. Aristides Portela replaced Jeremias de Amaral. The supporters of BENFICA F C booed when O Savle CAD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alípio Rios didn't get a good kick on the ball. O Savle CAD's Cássio Miranda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save O Savle CAD from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eric Rise got free with Cássio Miranda in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evandro Torres in the 85th minute of play forced BENFICA F C's goalkeeper Paulino Linhares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 86 minutes, Abílio Vargas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BENFICA F C and the O Savle CAD players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to BENFICA F C getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Abílio Vargas hit a great ball. O Savle CAD's Cássio Miranda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save O Savle CAD from getting a goal against them. Paulino Linhares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evandro Torres in the 93rd minute of play. Cássio Miranda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristides Portela in the 94th minute of the match. Paulino Linhares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evandro Torres in the 96th minute of the match. When the match was over BENFICA F C could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than O Savle CAD throughout the match.