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Estadio Penela
Spectators: 6678 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1678, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Aep Sarbini made the kick off which started today's match. If Filipe Nunes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 8 minutes into the game, Filipe Nunes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Penela's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Al-Gharb United the free kick. Filipe Nunes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Rúben Costa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Al-Gharb United getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Nicolas Noronha hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Al-Gharb United's zone, Filipe Nunes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rúben Costa came out of the goal and Filipe Nunes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Rui Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Penela's supporters rose to their feet, but Rui Amaral was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rúben Costa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Al-Gharb United getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Celso Moniz hit a great ball. After 27 minutes, Bernardo Vilaverde mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Al-Gharb United and the SC Penela players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th minute, Bernardo Vilaverde hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filipe Nunes succeeded in the game's 29th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. SC Penela's Filipe Nunes got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Filipe Nunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rúben Costa having to interfere. Rui Amaral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 40 minutes of play, SC Penela's Filipe Nunes made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rúben Costa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jesualdo Raposo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rui Quirino hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rui Quirino was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Aep Sarbini sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Al-Gharb United's Rúben Costa didn't even have to move. SC Penela's Rui Amaral got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aep Sarbini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Rúben Costa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Filipe Nunes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Penela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aep Sarbini in the 70th minute of play forced Al-Gharb United's goalkeeper Rúben Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aep Sarbini sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filipe Nunes might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rúben Costa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filipe Nunes ran back to his position shaking his head. When Hermano Palhares fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Al-Gharb United's protests and gave Hermano Palhares a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd match minute, Al-Gharb United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermano Palhares to maneuver through the defense. Filipe Nunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rúben Costa having to interfere. Aep Sarbini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rúben Costa having to interfere. Rúben Costa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aep Sarbini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.