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Vila Stadium
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Diamantino Tomé's late challenge caught a Altares FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Diamantino Tomé helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Leões de Vila de Rei's Diamantino Tomé got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes into the game, Paulo Barroso was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Altares FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leões de Vila de Rei the free kick. The supporters of Leões de Vila de Rei booed when Altares FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Barroso didn't get a good kick on the ball. If George Best had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 13 played minutes Leões de Vila de Rei got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Bombardeiro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabiano Barbosa in the 17th minute of play forced Leões de Vila de Rei's goalkeeper Tiago Damásio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Altares FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 19th minute, when Bruno Bombardeiro scored to the left of an out of position Jairo Mansilha, making the score, 1-1. Pedro Bernardes charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Bernardes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Altares FC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Pedro Bernardes hit a great ball. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Altares FC's goalkeeper Jairo Mansilha, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Homero Simões sped through Leões de Vila de Rei's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tiago Damásio. Tiago Damásio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aquilino Belo in the 33rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Homero Simões in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tiago Damásio saved Leões de Vila de Rei from getting behind. After having played for 35 minutes, Caio Vasconcelos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Altares FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Caio Vasconcelos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Homero Simões's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiago Damásio was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Tiago Damásio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Homero Simões went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Homero Simões put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Tiago Damásio. The audience was convinced that Homero Simões's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiago Damásio was relentless in the 47th minute of the game.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sever Chiliman to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Altares FC's Homero Simões sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tiago Damásio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 1-6 when Homero Simões sped through Leões de Vila de Rei's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tiago Damásio. Altares FC's Homero Simões was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 64th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After having played for 68 minutes, Homero Simões managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Altares FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Homero Simões was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Leões de Vila de Rei's zone, Homero Simões stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tiago Damásio came out of the goal and Homero Simões tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Caio Vasconcelos hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. A throw-in in the 86th minute of the game was made by Silvestre Teles with Homero Simões as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The crowd rose to their feet as Altares FC's Homero Simões slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tiago Damásio. That made the score 1-9 after 88 minutes of play. Jairo Mansilha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Bombardeiro in the 93rd minute of the match. 95 minutes into the match, Leões de Vila de Rei's goalkeeper Tiago Damásio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Homero Simões. The Altares FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Altares FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.