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Cerejeira
Spectators: 6673 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nuno Silva kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cerejeira FC's zone, José Freitas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xavier Faro came out of the goal and José Freitas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Cerejeira FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Nuno Silva hit a great ball. If Abel Macedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If João Martins had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 18thth minute of the game José Freitas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cerejeira FC's Xavier Faro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Freitas in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xavier Faro saved Cerejeira FC from getting behind. Xavier Faro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Gomes, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. SC Macieira's José Freitas got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Vicente Gomes managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Macieira's supporters rose to their feet, but Vicente Gomes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xavier Faro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Cerejeira FC's zone, José Freitas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xavier Faro came out of the goal and José Freitas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Xavier Faro came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Macieira's José Freitas. But to his dismay, José Freitas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. José Freitas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Xavier Faro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. José Freitas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. José Freitas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 40th match minute, Cerejeira FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lúcio Silva to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José Freitas in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xavier Faro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The crowd rose to their feet as José Freitas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Xavier Faro. That made the score 0-2 in the 52 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as José Freitas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Xavier Faro. That made the score 0-3 in the 55 minute of play. Abel Macedo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. José Freitas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. José Freitas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Batiste Galliot didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nuno Silva went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 78th match minute, SC Macieira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Freitas to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Xavier Faro managed to avoid a goal in the 80thth minute, when SC Macieira's José Freitas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Xavier Faro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Freitas in the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd minute, Rui Aleixo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Xavier Faro managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when SC Macieira's José Freitas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in Cerejeira FC's zone, Óscar Aleixo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xavier Faro came out of the goal and Óscar Aleixo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vicente Gomes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Xavier Faro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If João Maia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over SC Macieira could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cerejeira FC throughout the match.