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Match Report
Boscastle
Spectators: 6938 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1938, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rodrigo Malheiro kicked off to start the match. Marílio Fontão 's late challenge caught a Birmingham AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marílio Fontão helped the player get up and apologised. Marílio Fontão kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After 9 minutes of play, Birmingham AFC's Rodrigo Malheiro made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelo Lentilha was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcelo Lentilha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viveque De Matos, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Rodrigo Malheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelo Lentilha having to interfere. Fábio Caetano kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Marcelo Lentilha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viveque De Matos in the 27th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, Boscastle's goal looked a bit too open when Viveque De Matos came free, but Marcelo Lentilha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cláudio Dos Santos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Diamantino Mendes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cláudio Dos Santos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diamantino Mendes having to interfere. Diamantino Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Manarte, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.
Carlos Varanda kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. 60 minutes into the game, Hector Manarte cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Diamantino Mendes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcelo Lentilha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viveque De Matos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcelo Lentilha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Malheiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Birmingham AFC's Rodrigo Malheiro got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Rodrigo Malheiro came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Birmingham AFC 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 Rodrigo Malheiro couldn't finish the play. Diamantino Mendes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cláudio Dos Santos's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. If Hector Manarte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Boscastle were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Birmingham AFC for a fine match.
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