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Spectators: 7935 (Terracing: 6054, Seating: 1856, VIP seats: 25) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Manuel Fernandes got the match started through his kick off. João Sequeira was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 5 minutes into the match. The referee gave NinjaZ a penalty, 6 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Zarco Águas, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SLbenfica's Caio Taveira. 0-1. After some careless play in the SLbenfica defense, Rafael Regueira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Caio Taveira. The SLbenfica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Caio Taveira should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in SLbenfica's zone, Manuel Fernandes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Caio Taveira came out of the goal and Manuel Fernandes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Manuel Fernandes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Caio Taveira was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Manuel Fernandes put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Caio Taveira. After a rather tough play, NinjaZ's Zarco Águas got a free kick in the 17th minute. After 18 played minutes SLbenfica got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Sobral. In the 25th minute, Manuel Fernandes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NinjaZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manuel Fernandes in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Caio Taveira saved SLbenfica from getting behind. In the 29th minute, Manuel Fernandes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Caio Taveira was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. When NinjaZ's Manuel Fernandes in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SLbenfica's goalie prevented a goal. 33 minutes into the match, NinjaZ's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Costa came free, but Leandro Pinho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Caio Taveira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Manuel Fernandes's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. After 37 minutes of play, SLbenfica's Jaime Costa made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leandro Pinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leandro Pinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Jaime Costa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Leandro Pinho having to make a save. 44 minutes into the game, Jaime Paião was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NinjaZ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SLbenfica the free kick. Jaime Paião hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jaime Costa to strike the kick off in the second half. Manuel Fernandes succeeded in the game's 53rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-7. António Amaral blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Caio Taveira having to make a save. 64 minutes into the game, NinjaZ's Manuel Fernandes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Caio Taveira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-8. 67 minutes into the match, SLbenfica's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Fernandes came free, but Caio Taveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute, Jaime Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the game, Manuel Fernandes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-11. Caio Taveira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When NinjaZ's Manuel Fernandes in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SLbenfica's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd minute, Manuel Fernandes made a precise shot to the right of Caio Taveira. SLbenfica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-13. The SLbenfica supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching NinjaZ's performance. The match ended with a win for NinjaZ.