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Fial
Spectators: 6681 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sandro Leiria kicked off to start the match. André Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emílio Veiga in the 9th minute of play. Cristiano Araújo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lourenço Domingues having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Cacemes FC's Emílio Veiga got a free kick in the 13th minute. SC Fial's Sandro Leiria got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 16th minute, Emílio Veiga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 17 minutes, Sandro Leiria managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Fial's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sandro Leiria was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Virgilio Geleberto in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck André Ribeiro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Cristiano Araújo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Lourenço Domingues tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Marques in the 30th minute of play forced SC Fial's goalkeeper André Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sandro Leiria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristiano Araújo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Cacemes FC getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Karl-Oskar Falkrantz hit a great ball. Carlos Macedo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lourenço Domingues. Cacemes FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

After a defensive mix-up in SC Fial's zone, Virgilio Geleberto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. André Ribeiro came out of the goal and Virgilio Geleberto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 56 minutes, Sandro Leiria managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Fial's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sandro Leiria was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 58th minute Cristiano Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lourenço Domingues saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Virgilio Geleberto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Cacemes FC's Virgilio Geleberto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of André Ribeiro. That made the score 0-1 after 63 minutes of play. Lourenço Domingues showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sandro Leiria in the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th minute Cristiano Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lourenço Domingues saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jaime Mota hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Cristóvão Paredes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Lourenço Domingues tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, SC Fial's Cristóvão Paredes got a free kick in the 74th minute. Xavier Fonseca hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Cristiano Araújo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lourenço Domingues having to interfere. Cristiano Araújo took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lourenço Domingues. Lourenço Domingues dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.