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Cambridge
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nuno Macedo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Matías de Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Caetano Prado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Caetano Prado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matías de Carvalho in the 6th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvério Prado got free with Abelardo do Nascimento in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Silvério Prado's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Abelardo do Nascimento read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Wilson Nascimento made a precise shot to the right of Caetano Prado. Liverpool FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Edmundo Godoi's late challenge caught a Goiabal AD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edmundo Godoi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Goiabal AD booed when Liverpool FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmundo Godoi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Matías de Carvalho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Goiabal AD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvério Prado got free with Abelardo do Nascimento in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Silvério Prado's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Abelardo do Nascimento firmly grabbed it by the left post. Wilson Nascimento kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. If Edmundo Godoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvério Prado got free with Abelardo do Nascimento in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abelardo do Nascimento showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Macedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Nuno Macedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Abelardo do Nascimento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matías de Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Caetano Prado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 46 played minutes Nuno Macedo rounded Goiabal AD's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Matías de Carvalho made a kick off. Abelardo do Nascimento didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Afonso Castro went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 56th minute, Nuno Macedo 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. If Silvério Prado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st match minute, Goiabal AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilson Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. Silvério Prado struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Abelardo do Nascimento didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Liverpool FC. 66 minutes into the game, Felippe Soares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Goiabal AD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Liverpool FC the free kick. After 69 minutes, Delfim Amaral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Goiabal AD and the Liverpool FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Donato Fonseca was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 69th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Caetano Prado was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Matías de Carvalho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matías de Carvalho really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. A collision led to Goiabal AD getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Diguinho Baiano hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Liverpool FC's Donato Fonseca got a free kick in the 89th minute. Diguinho Baiano was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 90th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 91st minute, Dorival Freire hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Liverpool FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.