Alverca
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25,
Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Alverca's Oliveira Magalhães 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Valentim in the 3rd minute of play forced Alverca's goalkeeper Vicente Neto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of SC Ardido booed when Alverca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuel Radulescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vicente Neto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Damásio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vicente Neto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lázaro Rebelo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Alverca booed when SC Ardido was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgar Valentim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Oliveira Magalhães fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Antas having to interfere. Marcos Antas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kenny Shephard in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Oliveira Magalhães's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Antas was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. After having played for 20 minutes, Gabriel Moura managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alverca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gabriel Moura was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 26 minutes into the game, Vítor Casado threw the ball into play from the sideline. Alverca's Carlos Jesus quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Marcos Antas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oliveira Magalhães, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Carlos Madureira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oliveira Magalhães fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Antas having to interfere. Marcos Antas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliveira Magalhães in the 37th minute of the match. Carlos Madureira hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Oliveira Magalhães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Marcos Antas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcos Antas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliveira Magalhães in the 44th minute of the match. Marcos Antas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliveira Magalhães, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lázaro Rebelo to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Alverca's Rafael Brás seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Rafael Brás the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Alverca protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Rafael Brás had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 52 minutes into the game, one of Alverca:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Cristóvão Junqueira shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 62nd minute Oliveira Magalhães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Antas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute Kenny Shephard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Antas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcos Antas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliveira Magalhães in the 65th minute of the match. When Oliveira Magalhães came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Alverca fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Oliveira Magalhães couldn't finish the play. Oliveira Magalhães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Marcos Antas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Kenny Shephard managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alverca's supporters rose to their feet, but Kenny Shephard was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Antas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Oliveira Magalhães managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alverca's supporters rose to their feet, but Oliveira Magalhães was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Antas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcos Antas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kenny Shephard in the 75th minute of play. Amado Guerra's late challenge caught a Alverca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amado Guerra helped the player get up and apologised. Gabriel Moura walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Marcos Antas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Oliveira Magalhães went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 91 minutes into the match, Lázaro Rebelo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vicente Neto, 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Oliveira Magalhães managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alverca's supporters rose to their feet, but Oliveira Magalhães was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Antas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Kenny Shephard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 99 minutes, Oliveira Magalhães managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alverca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oliveira Magalhães was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Despite being the better team, Alverca failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.
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