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Spectators: 7285 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 120) 4 minutes into the game, U.CRAIOVA's Nichifor Jucan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Filipe Corte-Real made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 7th minute, Heitor Rocha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Filipe Corte-Real was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After a rather tough play, U.CRAIOVA's Gonçalo Aguiar got a free kick in the 12th minute. After a defensive mix-up in U.CRAIOVA's zone, Jacob Durães stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alfredo Leite came out of the goal and Jacob Durães tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 25th minute Diogo Galvão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Leite saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U.CRAIOVA's Alfredo Leite played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lisandro Seabra in the 27th minute of play. Nichifor Jucan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Filipe Corte-Real made a huge save. In the 31st minute Diogo Galvão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Leite saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind U.CRAIOVA's goalkeeper Alfredo Leite, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 34th minute, Isac Sales left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Colos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. A collision led to U.CRAIOVA getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. David Aguiar hit a great ball. When Leandro Mansilha came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the SC Colos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Leandro Mansilha couldn't finish the play. After 41 played minutes U.CRAIOVA got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Barros. 47 minutes into the game, SC Colos's Diogo Galvão nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alfredo Leite made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Heitor Rocha made the kick off in the second half. Paulo Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Filipe Corte-Real tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gonçalo Aguiar hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Hugo Assis hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. U.CRAIOVA's Alfredo Leite played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacob Durães in the 72nd minute of play. Gonçalo Aguiar's late challenge caught a SC Colos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gonçalo Aguiar helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th minute Jacob Durães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Leite saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfredo Leite made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacob Durães in the 83rd minute of play. Nichifor Jucan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Corte-Real having to interfere. U.CRAIOVA's David Aguiar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Filipe Corte-Real in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Filipe Corte-Real showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nichifor Jucan, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Leandro Mansilha hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.