League

Medroes
Spectators: 6673 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 0) Benfica penetra's Cristóvão Sousa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 3 minutes, Cristóvão Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Benfica penetra's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristóvão Sousa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Cristóvão Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Benfica penetra's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristóvão Sousa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Éder Tavares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Éder Tavares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Moutinho in the 13th minute of the match. If Óscar Melo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, SC Medroes's Eurico Boaventura got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristóvão Sousa in the 23rd minute of play forced SC Medroes's goalkeeper Éder Tavares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Éder Tavares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Óscar Melo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bruno Moutinho might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Éder Tavares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bruno Moutinho ran back to his position shaking his head. Éder Tavares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristóvão Sousa in the 31st minute of play. In the 34th minute Cristóvão Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Éder Tavares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristóvão Sousa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Éder Tavares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 37 minutes into the game, Fabiano Vidigal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Medroes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Benfica penetra the free kick. Fabiano Vidigal hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Durval Vieira to make the kick off. Óscar Melo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 51st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. SC Medroes's Éder Tavares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Óscar Melo in the 55th minute of play. After 56 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for SC Medroes! Éder Tavares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Óscar Melo in the 61st minute of the match. Éder Tavares was a little too slow when Óscar Melo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bruno Moutinho got free with Éder Tavares in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Óscar Melo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 80 played minutes Benfica penetra got a freekick which was hit by Vasco Ribeiro. If António Junqueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 85 minutes into the match, SC Medroes's goal looked a bit too open when Óscar Melo came free, but Éder Tavares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Óscar Melo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Éder Tavares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristóvão Sousa got free with Éder Tavares in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Éder Tavares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Moutinho in the 91st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristóvão Sousa got free with Éder Tavares in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The SC Medroes fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Benfica penetra were clearly better and deserved to take the win.