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Spectators: 7990 (Terracing: 5994, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 张青景 kicked off to start the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Matias Curado got free with Caio Taveira in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Caio Taveira was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Hermano lago showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Jaime Costa's late challenge caught a Paço Futebol Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jaime Costa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th match minute, SLbenfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Sequeira to maneuver through the defense. Paço Futebol Clube's Roberto Carrasqueira shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 14th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Caio Taveira but with some difficulty. After a defensive mix-up in Paço Futebol Clube's zone, Diogo Laureano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sydney Mendonça came out of the goal and Diogo Laureano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. SLbenfica's Caio Taveira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save SLbenfica from getting a goal against them. In the 22nd match minute, Paço Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jesus Fair to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute Jaime Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sydney Mendonça saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Caio Taveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudemiro Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. A nice corner shot did that Roberto Carrasqueira got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Caio Taveira quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 28 minutes into the game, SLbenfica's Jaime Costa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sydney Mendonça made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. 35 minutes into the match, Paço Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Sílvio Henriques came free, but Sydney Mendonça reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Caio Taveira was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 张青景 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 37 minute of play. Sydney Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Costa in the 44th minute of the match. In the 44th minute, one of Paço Futebol Clube: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 Paço Futebol Clube. Paço Futebol Clube:s Sydney Mendonça showed great skill when he stopped Hermínio Parente:s penalty. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Avelino Martins to strike the kick off in the second half. Paço Futebol Clube's Sydney Mendonça played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gregório Pinho in the 58th minute of play. Caio Taveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 张青景 in the 60th minute of the match. Sydney Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sílvio Henriques, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Caio Taveira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 张青景's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute, Jaime Costa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sydney Mendonça. The goal made the score 3-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, 张青景 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paço Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but 张青景 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Caio Taveira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. SLbenfica's Caio Taveira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 张青景 in the 84th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Sílvio Henriques reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sydney Mendonça. The goal made the score 3-4. Sydney Mendonça made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregório Pinho in the 92nd minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, SLbenfica's goal looked a bit too open when 张青景 came free, but Caio Taveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 95 played minutes SLbenfica got a freekick which was hit by Diogo Laureano. The SLbenfica supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SLbenfica would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.