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Aljezur
Spectators: 6657 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gabriel Martins took the kick off in the first half of the match. David Guarda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Lucílio Granja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 10 minutes of play, f.c.porto's Rodrigo Cruz made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Amorim was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hélder Campos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Amorim having to interfere. The supporters of f.c.porto booed when Aljezur FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gaspar Veiga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Cruz in the 17th minute of the match. Reginaldo Menezes's late challenge caught a Aljezur FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reginaldo Menezes helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Aljezur FC booed when f.c.porto was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reginaldo Menezes didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Aljezur FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hélder Campos came free, but Pedro Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to f.c.porto getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Rubim Aguiar hit a great ball. Aljezur FC's Gabriel Martins got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Rodrigo Cruz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute Rodrigo Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucílio Granja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hélder Campos to make the kick off. In the 55th match minute, f.c.porto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rubim Aguiar to maneuver through the defense. Lucílio Granja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After 67 played minutes f.c.porto got a freekick which was hit by José Taborda. In the 71st minute Hélder Campos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the game, Nuno Sousa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Aljezur FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave f.c.porto the free kick. In the 74th match minute, Aljezur FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nuno Sousa to maneuver through the defense. 79 minutes into the match, Aljezur FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hélder Campos came free, but Pedro Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rodrigo Cruz got free with Pedro Amorim in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Through an outstanding action, after 82 minutes, Pedro Amorim successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 83rd minute, Rodrigo Cruz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The f.c.porto fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Rodrigo Cruz managed to get in a good position for a shot. f.c.porto's supporters rose to their feet, but Rodrigo Cruz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Amorim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 89th minute, Rodrigo Cruz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The f.c.porto fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 94 played minutes Hélder Campos rounded Aljezur FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-4.