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Hedge End Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Heitor Areosa started the match with the kick off. Zé Pedrosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Simão Regalado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16thth minute of the game Heitor Areosa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hedge End FC's Hélio Nascimento was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Howden United's Afonso Pereira got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cláudio Nascimento got free with Simão Regalado in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Afonso Pereira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Howden United's supporters rose to their feet, but Afonso Pereira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hélio Nascimento breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hélio Nascimento took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afonso Pereira , even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Heitor Areosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Hélio Nascimento tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Afonso Pereira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélio Nascimento having to interfere. Zé Pedrosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 44 minutes into the match, Howden United's goalkeeper Simão Regalado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cláudio Nascimento. Saúl Rochedo's late challenge caught a Howden United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Saúl Rochedo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 48th minute, one of Hedge End FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Hedge End FC. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zé Pedrosa to make the kick off. Luís Malheiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Simão Regalado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alda Roma took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 59th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Simão Regalado. Howden United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Cláudio Nascimento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Simão Regalado. Howden United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cláudio Nascimento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 67th minute, Zé Pedrosa 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. 68 minutes into the match, Hedge End FC's Cláudio Nascimento sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Simão Regalado narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Howden United getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Custódio Malafaia hit a great ball. Cláudio Nascimento got in the 73rd a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Simão Regalado handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cláudio Nascimento in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Simão Regalado saved Howden United from getting behind. Simão Regalado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Pedrosa in the 77th minute of the match. 82 minutes into the match, Zé Pedrosa notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Howden United's Simão Regalado. Simão Regalado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 87 minutes into the match, Howden United's goal looked a bit too open when Cláudio Nascimento came free, but Simão Regalado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 91 played minutes Hedge End FC got a freekick which was hit by Hector Sá. The supporters of Howden United booed when Hedge End FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Malheiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cláudio Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simão Regalado having to interfere. Hedge End FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.