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Estádio Joffre
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carlos Barbosa started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes Neto FC got a freekick which was hit by Noel Furtado. In the 6th minute, Sinan Özaltan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Neto FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Noel Furtado hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Sílvio Luís Machado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emin Kaan in the 12th minute of the match. Sílvio Luís Machado came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Neto FC's Emin Kaan. But to his dismay, Emin Kaan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Emin Kaan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Neto FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Emin Kaan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sílvio Luís Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Barbosa in the 21st minute of play forced Fulumir's goalkeeper Sílvio Luís Machado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Arthur Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sílvio Luís Machado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Francisco Furtado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Carlos Freitas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nelson Sá hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Barbosa in the 33rd minute of play forced Fulumir's goalkeeper Sílvio Luís Machado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sílvio Luís Machado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Sílvio Luís Machado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Barbosa in the 40th minute of the match. Sílvio Luís Machado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emin Kaan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Francisco Furtado to make the kick off. Sílvio Luís Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Barbosa in the 54th minute of play. Sílvio Luís Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Barbosa in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Francisco Furtado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neto FC's Carlos Freitas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nando Bueno in the 61st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Carlos Barbosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Neto FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlos Barbosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sílvio Luís Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carlos Freitas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nando Bueno went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Francisco Furtado in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carlos Freitas saved Neto FC from getting behind. 74 minutes into the match, Fulumir's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Barbosa came free, but Sílvio Luís Machado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Neto FC booed when Fulumir was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enio Prata didn't get a good kick on the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Fulumir's goalkeeper Sílvio Luís Machado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emin Kaan. The audience was convinced that Nando Bueno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Freitas was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. If Emin Kaan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Neto FC's Sinan Özaltan got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Emin Kaan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Sílvio Luís Machado made a huge save. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Neto FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.