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Oitavos
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Hélio Leiria made the kick off and thus started the match. 8 minutes into the game, Azelha FC's Hamilton Calçada nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valério Azenha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Abílio Valverde hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Cesário Costa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eurico Veiga in the 13th minute. 14 minutes into the game, Vladimiro Lameirinhas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Oitavos FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Azelha FC the free kick. A collision led to Oitavos FC getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Vladimiro Lameirinhas hit a great ball. Eurico Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hamilton Calçada sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vladimiro Lameirinhas was shown his second yellow card after 20 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Eurico Veiga blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cesário Costa having to make a save. In the 28th minute, Hamilton Calçada 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. Oitavos FC's Abílio Valverde shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 30th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Cesário Costa but with some difficulty. Valério Azenha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseu Fontes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Azelha FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Israel Amaro hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eurico Veiga got free with Cesário Costa in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eurico Veiga's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 47thth minute, Cesário Costa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Azelha FC made a substitution. Carlos Mota replaced Éder Lobo. A collision led to Oitavos FC getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Cesário Vasques hit a great ball. If Eliseu Fontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 58th minute Sabino Vasconcelos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valério Azenha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 60 minutes into the game, Abílio Valverde threw the ball into play from the sideline. Azelha FC's Bruno Gois quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Valério Azenha made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Hamilton Calçada sent off a good shot on target. Sabino Vasconcelos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valério Azenha having to interfere. Eurico Veiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Cesário Costa 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 Israel Amaro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Valério Azenha. That made the score 0-3 in the 74 minute of play. Valério Azenha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamilton Calçada, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. 80 minutes into the match, Eurico Veiga had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cesário Costa. Azelha FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eurico Veiga was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Hamilton Calçada who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 85thth minute tested the skills of Valério Azenha when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Eurico Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vítor Pereira in the 88th minute of play forced Azelha FC's goalkeeper Cesário Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eurico Veiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Vítor Pereira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Oitavos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Vítor Pereira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cesário Costa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Azelha FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.