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Longra
Spectators: 6660 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexandre Vieira got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, one of benfica:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for benfica. The goalkeeper, Ferdinando Sampo, was totally fooled by SC Longra's José Câmara, who 8 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 11th minute of the match, André Passos got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ferdinando Sampo was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Ferdinando Sampo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martinho Veloso in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 35th minute benfica were awarded a corner. Joaquim Castro went to the cornerflag to take it. Sebastião Azevedo's late challenge caught a SC Longra's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastião Azevedo helped the player get up and apologised. Sebastião Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. José Câmara took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 48th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ferdinando Sampo. benfica's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Miguel Garaile was the one to do the kick off. After 53 minutes, Veysi Nebil mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the benfica and the SC Longra players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, benfica's Veysi Nebil got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Ferdinando Sampo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandre Vieira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. During the 57th minute of the match Sebastião Azevedo completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Sebastião Azevedo a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 58th match minute, benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastião Azevedo to maneuver through the defense. After 59 played minutes, SC Longra's José Câmara shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ferdinando Sampo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SC Longra reached it. Emílio Resende's late challenge caught a SC Longra's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emílio Resende helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st minute, Emílio Resende hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SC Longra's José Câmara got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 65th minute Miguel Garaile shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliseu Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 67 minutes into the game, Jordão Soares threw the ball into play from the sideline. benfica's Bento Santarém quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Vieira in the 71st minute of play forced benfica's goalkeeper Ferdinando Sampo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, Miguel Garaile left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The benfica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Jordão Soares made in the 76th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Noel Quintas. Eliseu Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Emílio Macedo sent off a good shot on target. In the 82nd minute André Passos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferdinando Sampo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ferdinando Sampo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Noel Quintas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emílio Resende kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. In the 88th minute Alexandre Vieira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferdinando Sampo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Passos in the 91st minute of play forced benfica's goalkeeper Ferdinando Sampo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The benfica players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented SC Longra from taking control. The game ends in a draw.