League

Lemon Haze Stadium
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Jarbas Marinho made the kick off and thus started the match. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Sydney de Carvalho put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Aloísio de Mendonça. When Sydney de Carvalho fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lemon Haze FC's protests and gave Sydney de Carvalho a yellow card for diving instead. In the 10th minute, Sydney de Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anísio Linares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermínio França, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Sydney de Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anísio Linares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hermínio França in the 22nd minute of play. Anísio Linares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jarbas Marinho in the 23rd minute of the match. A collision led to Benfica AD getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Fred Peixoto hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Fred Peixoto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anísio Linares was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Jarbas Marinho put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Anísio Linares. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jarbas Marinho in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anísio Linares saved Lemon Haze FC from getting behind. Anísio Linares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermínio França, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Anísio Linares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermínio França in the 41st minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Benfica AD's goalkeeper Aloísio de Mendonça had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sydney de Carvalho. In the 47th minute Hermínio França shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anísio Linares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Anderson Lopes's late challenge caught a Benfica AD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anderson Lopes helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Fred Peixoto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anísio Linares was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 55th minute Lauro Donato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anísio Linares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lauro Donato got free with Anísio Linares in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anísio Linares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jarbas Marinho in the 57th minute of the match. In the 58th match minute, Lemon Haze FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lauro Passos to maneuver through the defense. Bernardo Ribeiro didn't quite understand what happened when in the 59 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Anísio Linares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lauro Donato went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 65 minutes into the match, Lemon Haze FC's goalkeeper Anísio Linares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hermínio França. Vivaldo Cabral blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aloísio de Mendonça having to make a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Benfica AD's Jarbas Marinho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anísio Linares. That made the score 1-3 after 68 minutes of play. Aloísio de Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sydney de Carvalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vivaldo Cabral in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aloísio de Mendonça prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aloísio de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sydney de Carvalho in the 77th minute of the match. Anísio Linares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jarbas Marinho in the 83rd minute of play. In the 84th minute Benfica AD were awarded a corner. Bernardo Ribeiro went to the cornerflag to take it. Anísio Linares was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and Jarbas Marinho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jarbas Marinho really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. Aloísio de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sydney de Carvalho in the 94th minute of the match. Benfica AD's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.