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Estadio Laranjal
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Nivaldo Carvalho made the kick off and thus started the match. SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL's Fábio Sacramento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Rocha in the 3rd minute of play. Fábio Sacramento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernando Coelho in the 4th minute of play. In the 9th minute Joaquim Figueiredo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fábio Sacramento saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes in the game, Nivaldo Carvalho fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Luís Amaral having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Severiano Maia got free with Luís Amaral in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 21 minutes into the match, SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Coelho came free, but Fábio Sacramento reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joaquim Figueiredo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Fábio Sacramento showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simão Reis, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquim Figueiredo in the 33rd minute of play forced SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL's goalkeeper Fábio Sacramento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nivaldo Carvalho 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. After 47 minutes, Hugo Rocha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cumeira and the SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hugo Rocha kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joaquim Figueiredo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Salvador Telinhos fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL's protests and gave Salvador Telinhos a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Salvador Telinhos hit a great ball. Nivaldo Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lucas Domingues during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Cumeira's Lucas Domingues got a free kick in the 69th minute. After 73 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL! Júlio Alves shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Lucas Domingues managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cumeira's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Domingues was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fábio Sacramento breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Joaquim Figueiredo sped through SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fábio Sacramento. If Zeferino Tavares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 89 minutes into the match, Joaquim Figueiredo notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of SPORT CLUBE MADRIGAL's Fábio Sacramento. Fábio Sacramento was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Joaquim Figueiredo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fábio Sacramento was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. If Simão Reis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nivaldo Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Amaral having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Cumeira eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.