U23 League

Zeus Everest Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Esquadrão Lusitano's Rui Sá started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Antero Rebocho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Vítor Damas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stars Academy's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Rui Sá 9 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. The supporters of Esquadrão Lusitano booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Camacho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Almiro Benevides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdo Passos in the 13th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Rui Sá's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Almiro Benevides was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. After 15 minutes, João Camacho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stars Academy and the Esquadrão Lusitano players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Esquadrão Lusitano booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Camacho didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Stars Academy's Amado Leite in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Esquadrão Lusitano's goalie prevented a goal. Vítor Damas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amado Leite's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Sá in the 20th minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Cristiano Cigaran reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Almiro Benevides. The goal made the score 2-0. In the 28th minute, Filomeno Esiquio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the match, Rui Sá dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Almiro Benevides, 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valdo Passos got free with Almiro Benevides in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute, Rui Sá 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristiano Cigaran got free with Almiro Benevides in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Amado Leite made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Valdo Passos had to leave the field with a concussion. Esquadrão Lusitano made a substitution. Melquiades Basajaun replaced Valdo Passos. In the 52nd match minute, Stars Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Homero Brochado to maneuver through the defense. If Derman Anoia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Almiro Benevides didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Esquadrão Lusitano's Rui Sá shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 58th minute, Cristiano Cigaran made a precise shot to the right of Almiro Benevides. Stars Academy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. After 61 minutes of play, Esquadrão Lusitano's Melquiades Basajaun made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Almiro Benevides was left in no man's land by his defense there! Almiro Benevides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rui Sá in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brett Fazey in the 71st minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute, Abílio Barata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Esquadrão Lusitano's Cristiano Cigaran got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Esquadrão Lusitano's Cristiano Cigaran got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 78th minute Esquadrão Lusitano were awarded a corner. Tạ Bom went to the cornerflag to take it. Tạ Bom made a great header on Esquadrão Lusitano's corner, it was just that Stars Academy's Almiro Benevides managed to reach the ball for a save. Cristiano Cigaran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melquiades Basajaun, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Stars Academy's Almiro Benevides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Cigaran in the 85th minute of play. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rui Sá, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Melquiades Basajaun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Almiro Benevides tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Almiro Benevides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristiano Cigaran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Esquadrão Lusitano's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.