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Caldeirão da Villa
Spectators: 7235 (Terracing: 5428, Seating: 1664, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Miguel Vargas made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute, Breno Vieira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Miguel Vargas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Synthroid Football Club getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Edvaldo dos Santos hit a great ball. 9 minutes into the match, Synthroid Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Carneiro came free, but Caetano Pitta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Synthroid Football Club's goalkeeper Caetano Pitta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 13th minute, Edu Cardoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Miguel Vargas managed to get in a good position for a shot. A Morte's supporters rose to their feet, but Miguel Vargas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Caetano Pitta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amílton Diniz in the 19th minute of play forced Synthroid Football Club's goalkeeper Caetano Pitta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Synthroid Football Club's Franklin Antunes got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Franklin Antunes received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nelsinho Lima came out and tried to block the shot, but Franklin Antunes slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 29th minute. In the 33rd minute, Guga Toledo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Synthroid Football Club's Franklin Antunes in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye A Morte's goalie prevented a goal. Caetano Pitta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Osvaldo Saldanha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Nelsinho Lima made a huge save. A Morte's Nelsinho Lima played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franklin Antunes in the 42nd minute of play. Franklin Antunes was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 43rd minute. Synthroid Football Club's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Franklin Antunes made a kick off. Osvaldo Saldanha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Osvaldo Saldanha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the A Morte defense, Franklin Antunes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nelsinho Lima. The A Morte fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nelsinho Lima should have stopped the shot. 69 minutes into the match, Baltazar Carneiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Caetano Pitta. Synthroid Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Baltazar Carneiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Synthroid Football Club's Caetano Pitta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Vargas in the 74th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Miguel Vargas managed to get in a good position for a shot. A Morte's supporters rose to their feet, but Miguel Vargas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Caetano Pitta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Osvaldo Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 81st play minutes Miguel Vargas shot 2-2, a short shot which went by Caetano Pitta and just under the crossbar into goal. After having played for 85 minutes, Baltazar Carneiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A Morte's supporters crossed their fingers, but Baltazar Carneiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Miguel Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91stth minute of the game Miguel Vargas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Synthroid Football Club's Caetano Pitta was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Miguel Vargas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Miguel Vargas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 99th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.