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Estadio Gondiao
Spectators: 6663 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Inácio Ramos kicked off to start the match. After 10 minutes, Paulo Santana mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gondiao FC and the Varela United players grew even worse after the yellow card. 9 minutes into the game, one of Gondiao FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 11th minute there was a penalty for Varela United. Vasco Ferrão stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Heitor Peseiro. 0-1. A collision led to Gondiao FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Máximo Tavares hit a great ball. In the 19th minute, António Dantas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Heitor Peseiro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from António Dantas went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Rúben Sanches showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rúben Paixão in the 29th minute of the match. Yuri Guterres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 37 minutes into the match, Varela United's goalkeeper Rúben Sanches had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yuri Guterres. António Dantas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Heitor Peseiro having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell António Dantas to make the kick off. António Dantas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Heitor Peseiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 60 minutes into the game, Ivo Caeiro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Varela United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gondiao FC the free kick. A collision led to Varela United getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Ivo Caeiro hit a great ball. Rúben Sanches made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inácio Ramos in the 71st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Inácio Ramos during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gondiao FC's Inácio Ramos got a free kick in the 79th minute. 81 minutes into the game, Rafael Azenha was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Varela United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gondiao FC the free kick. 87 minutes into the match, Varela United's goal looked a bit too open when Yuri Guterres came free, but Rúben Sanches reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Inácio Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yuri Guterres received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Rúben Sanches tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Varela United players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.