Estadio Belide
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25,
Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Azabuxo's Nuno Alves 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. Ricardo Teixeira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Delgado went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 12 minutes into the game, Azabuxo's Daniel Simões nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artur Brás made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Nuno Alves sped through Belide's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Artur Brás. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Simões in the 23rd minute of play forced Belide's goalkeeper Artur Brás to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Azabuxo's Daniel Simões in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Belide's goalie prevented a goal. Ricardo Gonçalves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ricardo Teixeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute Ricardo Gonçalves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 35 played minutes, Azabuxo's Mariano Machado shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Artur Brás came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Azabuxo reached it. When Nuno Alves came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Azabuxo 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 Nuno Alves couldn't finish the play. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Belide's goalkeeper Artur Brás, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Artur Brás showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Alves, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Azabuxo's goalkeeper Ricardo Teixeira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by David Delgado. Luís Assis hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. In the 48th minute of the match Alexandre Teixeira shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardo Teixeira showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.
In the 53rd minute Ricardo Gonçalves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Belide's David Delgado got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. David Delgado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Teixeira having to interfere. David Delgado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Ricardo Teixeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 74 minutes into the match, Ricardo Gonçalves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Teixeira. Azabuxo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ricardo Gonçalves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 81st minute, Amílcar Guarda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Azabuxo's João Nunes couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Belide. Nuno Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Artur Brás tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 87 minutes, Ricardo Gonçalves managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belide's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Gonçalves was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nuno Alves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 97th minute of the match, but Artur Brás made a huge save. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.
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