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Talhadas
Spectators: 6765 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 0) SC Talhadas's Filipe Monteiro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the SC Talhadas defense, Sabino Telinhos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexandre Luz. The SC Talhadas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexandre Luz should have stopped the shot. Sálvio Quintas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alexandre Luz having to make a save. Sálvio Quintas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alexandre Luz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. Palmiro Gusmão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipe Monteiro in the 10th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alexandre Damásio in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alexandre Luz saved SC Talhadas from getting behind. After some careless play in the SC Talhadas defense, Sabino Telinhos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexandre Luz. The SC Talhadas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexandre Luz should have stopped the shot. Alexandre Damásio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 26 minutes into the match, SC Farense's Lourenço Santana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexandre Luz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alexandre Luz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Duarte Horta's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Lourenço Santana took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexandre Luz. Alexandre Luz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alexandre Damásio in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alexandre Luz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to SC Farense getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Duarte Horta hit a great ball. Alexandre Luz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sabino Telinhos in the 43rd minute of the match. SC Talhadas's Alexandre Luz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sabino Telinhos in the 44th minute of play. SC Talhadas's Alexandre Luz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sálvio Quintas in the 46th minute of play. After the first half SC Farense were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sálvio Quintas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd match minute, SC Talhadas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Cunha to maneuver through the defense. Gaspar Cunha's late challenge caught a SC Farense's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gaspar Cunha helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SC Talhadas getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Gaspar Cunha hit a great ball. Alexandre Luz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sálvio Quintas's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute, Duarte Horta made a precise shot to the right of Alexandre Luz. SC Talhadas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. After some careless play in the SC Talhadas defense, Sabino Telinhos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexandre Luz. The SC Talhadas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexandre Luz should have stopped the shot. After 65 played minutes SC Talhadas got a freekick which was hit by Filipe Azevedo. In the 66th minute, Alexandre Damásio 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. Sabino Telinhos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th minute, Duarte Horta 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Damásio in the 71st minute of play forced SC Talhadas's goalkeeper Alexandre Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Abel Cardoso took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Alexandre Luz to make any attempt to save it. In the 82ndth minute of the game Sálvio Quintas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SC Talhadas's Alexandre Luz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Palmiro Gusmão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filipe Monteiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th match minute, SC Farense was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Cardoso to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, SC Talhadas's Sandro Miranda tried to score from far away in the 86th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpected shot in the 89th minute by Sálvio Quintas got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Sabino Telinhos might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alexandre Luz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sabino Telinhos ran back to his position shaking his head. Filipe Azevedo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Palmiro Gusmão. SC Farense's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. SC Farense's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.