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Pinhete
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when George Best kicked off to start the match. Tiago Damásio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Ribas, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After having played for 10 minutes, Bruno Bombardeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leões de Vila de Rei's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bruno Bombardeiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tomás Veloso kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Ribas in the 20th 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. In the 26th minute, Leões de Vila de Rei's Emanuel Negara seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Emanuel Negara the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Leões de Vila de Rei protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Emanuel Negara had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 25 minutes into the game, one of Leões de Vila de Rei:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. It was beautiful to see Leões de Vila de Rei's George Best in action when he in the 34th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Noel Quintas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tiago Damásio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Ribas, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Bruno Bombardeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Leões de Vila de Rei's supporters rose to their feet, but Bruno Bombardeiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Plácido Corte-Real breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Leões de Vila de Rei defense, Vicente Granja kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tiago Damásio. The Leões de Vila de Rei fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tiago Damásio should have stopped the shot. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Donato Ribas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Gil Carrasqueira in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Leões de Vila de Rei's Tomás Veloso. Leões de Vila de Rei's Tiago Damásio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Ribas in the 53rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Donato Ribas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiago Damásio was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. If Vicente Granja had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When €uros's Donato Ribas in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Leões de Vila de Rei's goalie prevented a goal. Tiago Damásio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Ribas, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Donato Ribas notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Leões de Vila de Rei's Tiago Damásio. Tiago Damásio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bruno Bombardeiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Plácido Corte-Real read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. Vicente Granja took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tiago Damásio. Tiago Damásio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. The supporters of €uros booed when Leões de Vila de Rei was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sever Chiliman didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 93rdth minute of the game Donato Ribas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Leões de Vila de Rei's Tiago Damásio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 94th minute Vicente Granja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiago Damásio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.