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Estadio Pinduradouro
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Teodoro Padilha made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the match, Manhente FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fulgencio Emenon came free, but Erasmo Fernendo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute Fulgencio Emenon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erasmo Fernendo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute Fulgencio Emenon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erasmo Fernendo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Vladimiro Infante cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Erasmo Fernendo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fulgencio Emenon in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erasmo Fernendo saved Manhente FC from getting behind. When FC Nação Portuguesa's Vladimiro Infante in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manhente FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 21st minute, Teodoro Padilha 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. Rubim Peralta kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Erasmo Fernendo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fulgencio Emenon, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After 36 minutes of play, FC Nação Portuguesa's Vladimiro Infante made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erasmo Fernendo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Erasmo Fernendo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimiro Infante, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. FC Nação Portuguesa's Vinicio Gutierrez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adalberto Sarmento in the 44th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

In the 54th match minute, FC Nação Portuguesa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Osvaldo Pegado to maneuver through the defense. When Nuno Sanches came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the FC Nação Portuguesa 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 Sanches couldn't finish the play. In the 58th minute, Vladimiro Infante left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Nação Portuguesa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 66th minute Vladimiro Infante shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erasmo Fernendo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nuno Sanches received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Erasmo Fernendo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Vladimiro Infante sped through Manhente FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Erasmo Fernendo. The audience was convinced that Vladimiro Infante's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erasmo Fernendo was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Fulgencio Emenon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Erasmo Fernendo made a huge save. Manhente FC's Erasmo Fernendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimiro Infante in the 77th minute of play. If Vladimiro Infante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erasmo Fernendo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vladimiro Infante's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Rubim Peralta kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiro Infante in the 89th minute of play forced Manhente FC's goalkeeper Erasmo Fernendo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the last second Erasmo Fernendo throw himself and got hold of the ball when Vladimiro Infante in the 91stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Vladimiro Infante's late challenge caught a Manhente FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vladimiro Infante helped the player get up and apologised. After 96 played minutes FC Nação Portuguesa got a freekick which was hit by Vladimiro Infante. The Manhente FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching FC Nação Portuguesa's performance. The match ended with a win for FC Nação Portuguesa.