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Alheira F.C. Stadium
Spectators: 8036 (Terracing: 6028, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Severiano Dias got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Vietname United's goalkeeper David Braga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Severiano Dias. David Braga made an important save on a dangerous shot by Severiano Dias in the 5th minute. Cassiano Gusmão was extremely unlucky when he, in the 10th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 16 minutes into the match, Vietname United's goalkeeper David Braga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Severiano Dias. Alheira FC were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Vietname United's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adelino Gusmão took the corner. The corner led Alheira FC's Adelino Gusmão to fire away a dangerous shot which David Braga despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Cassiano Gusmão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. David Braga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Alheira FC's Severiano Dias slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of David Braga. That made the score 1-0 after 24 minutes of play. Nuno Baptista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Braga having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arno Juur in the 30th minute of play forced Alheira FC's goalkeeper Vaggelis Kotsalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vietname United's David Braga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Vietname United from getting a goal against them.

Through an outstanding action, after 56 minutes, Vaggelis Kotsalos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. David Braga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassiano Gusmão, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 60thth minute of the game Severiano Dias who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vietname United's David Braga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 61 played minutes Alheira FC got a freekick which was hit by Aristides Machado. Lázaro Alcântara could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Vaggelis Kotsalos made a huge save. In the 64th minute Severiano Dias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Braga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute Arno Juur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaggelis Kotsalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arno Juur in the 72nd minute of play forced Alheira FC's goalkeeper Vaggelis Kotsalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vietname United were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after Alheira FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lázaro Alcântara took the corner. The corner ended in Lázaro Alcântara almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alheira FC's Vaggelis Kotsalos did a great save. António Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Vaggelis Kotsalos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute Arno Juur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaggelis Kotsalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Severiano Dias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Braga was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. When Ilídio Leme fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alheira FC's protests and gave Ilídio Leme a yellow card for diving instead. Ilídio Leme kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. In the 83rd minute Nuno Baptista suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. José Pimentel's late challenge caught a Alheira FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Pimentel helped the player get up and apologised. After 84 played minutes Vietname United got a freekick which was hit by José Pimentel. After 85 minutes of play, Alheira FC's Severiano Dias made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Braga was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassiano Gusmão in the 88th minute of play forced Vietname United's goalkeeper David Braga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andaka Rääbis did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Vaggelis Kotsalos 93 minutes into the match. The Vietname United players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Alheira FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.