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Estadio Sezimbra
Spectators: 5423 (Terracing: 5423, Seating: 0, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cristiano Esteves kicked off to start the match. David Almeida kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Fábio Teixeira hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Cristiano Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. José Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gastão Gueifão during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gastão Gueifão kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. With his leg José Melo managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when Sezimbra FC's Cristiano Esteves fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 29th minute Augusto Valadão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gil Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Silva in the 30th minute of play forced Cardosa's goalkeeper José Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Sezimbra FC's Cristiano Esteves slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of José Melo. That made the score 1-1 after 36 minutes of play. A sloppy throw-in by Fernando Ribas in the 44th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sezimbra FC's David Almeida.

A collision led to Cardosa getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Higino Sanches hit a great ball. If Cristiano Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 58th minute Augusto Valadão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gil Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 60 minutes, Cristiano Esteves managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sezimbra FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristiano Esteves was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 62 minutes into the match, Sezimbra FC's David Almeida sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that José Melo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 69thth minute of the game Cristiano Esteves who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cardosa's José Melo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 70th match minute, Sezimbra FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gil Gueifão to maneuver through the defense. Gil Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Valadão in the 72nd minute of the match. Lázaro Mascarenhas's late challenge caught a Sezimbra FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lázaro Mascarenhas helped the player get up and apologised. After 76 played minutes Cardosa got a freekick which was hit by Lázaro Mascarenhas. In the 77th minute, Gil Gueifão 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. Gil Mendes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ronaldo Tristão in the 81st minute. Gil Mendes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ronaldo Tristão went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 86th minute, Cristiano Esteves left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sezimbra FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Sezimbra FC's Cristiano Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gil Mendes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ronaldo Tristão in the 97th minute. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.