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Olimpico Monumental
Spectators: 6600 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) In the 6th minute, Zeca Esteves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicolas Pinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Clemente Félix's late challenge caught a Morabem EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Clemente Félix helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to E.C SM getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Clemente Félix hit a great ball. Zeca Esteves might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nicolas Pinho. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zeca Esteves ran back to his position shaking his head. E.C SM's Nicolas Pinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeca Esteves in the 12th minute of play. After 13 minutes of play, Morabem EC's Mané Nascimento made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicolas Pinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 18th minute of the match Morabem EC got a corner. E.C SM's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ceferino Cordera ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Morabem EC's Ceferino Cordera to fire away a dangerous shot which Nicolas Pinho despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 22 minutes into the match, Zeca Esteves notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of E.C SM's Nicolas Pinho. Nicolas Pinho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nicolas Pinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anfilogino Serra in the 25th minute of play. Nicolas Pinho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Merih Ünalmış went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. After 29 minutes, Zeca Esteves made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. E.C SM's Nicolas Pinho tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 35th minute, Zeca Esteves made a precise shot to the right of Nicolas Pinho. E.C SM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. E.C SM's Nicolas Pinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ceferino Cordera in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute Zeca Esteves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes into the game, Morabem EC's Zeca Esteves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nicolas Pinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-8.

Morabem EC's Christian Gomes was substituted for Mané Nascimento. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zeca Esteves to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Morabem EC's Christian Gomes slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Nicolas Pinho. That made the score 0-9 after 52 minutes of play. 55 minutes into the match, E.C SM's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinho Teles came free, but Nicolas Pinho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 57 played minutes Anfilogino Serra rounded E.C SM's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-10. Nicolas Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudinho Teles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute, Morabem EC's Christian Gomes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nicolas Pinho. Nicolas Pinho yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-11. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merih Ünalmış in the 66th minute of play forced E.C SM's goalkeeper Nicolas Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeca Esteves in the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merih Ünalmış in the 69th minute of play forced E.C SM's goalkeeper Nicolas Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Pinho was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Christian Gomes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-12 in the 71 minute of play. Nicolas Pinho stood somewhat misplaced when Claudinho Teles came free in front of goal and shot 0-13 to the left of him in the 73 minute. Nicolas Pinho was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Zeca Esteves showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-14 in the 77 minute of play. Zeca Esteves's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nicolas Pinho firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 83rd match minute, Morabem EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldo Schmidt to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute Claudinho Teles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolas Pinho was a little too slow when Zeca Esteves got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 87th minute. The score was now 0-15. In the 91st minute, Zeca Esteves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicolas Pinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-16. Zeca Esteves didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 0-17 via right post in the game's 95th minute. Morabem EC's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! When the match was over Morabem EC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than E.C SM throughout the match.