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ESTÁDIO DAS ESTRELAS
Spectators: 7734 (Terracing: 5802, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ivo Salgado made the kick off which started today's match. Paulino Linhares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidónio Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. BENFICA F C's Paulino Linhares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivo Salgado in the 9th minute of play. Paulino Linhares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivo Salgado in the 11th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Ivo Salgado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Valondrina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 21st minute, Adrian Söderberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 23rd minute, Abílio Vargas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulino Linhares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aloísio Linhares, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Ivo Salgado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Paulino Linhares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulino Linhares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aloísio Linhares in the 34th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute Ivo Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulino Linhares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paulino Linhares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivo Salgado in the 47th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jeremias de Amaral stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Virgílio Medeiros didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when BENFICA F C's Eric Rise shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. BENFICA F C's Paulino Linhares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivo Salgado in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute Ivo Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulino Linhares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eric Rise sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 66th minute of the game. One of SC Valondrina:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of BENFICA F C:s goal. BENFICA F C's Aristides Portela was substituted for Jeremias de Amaral. 72 minutes into the match, BENFICA F C's goalkeeper Paulino Linhares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aloísio Linhares. Ivo Salgado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulino Linhares having to interfere. After 76 played minutes SC Valondrina got a freekick which was hit by Torcato Regueira. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivo Salgado in the 78th minute of play forced BENFICA F C's goalkeeper Paulino Linhares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st match minute, SC Valondrina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Torcato Regueira to maneuver through the defense. BENFICA F C's Paulino Linhares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivo Salgado in the 86th minute of play. When Adrian Söderberg fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BENFICA F C's protests and gave Adrian Söderberg a yellow card for diving instead. In the 96th minute, Abílio Vargas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. BENFICA F C's defense didn't have a chance, in the 98th minute, when Aloísio Linhares scored to the left of an out of position Paulino Linhares, making the score, 2-2. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.