League

Palme
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Guerra started the match with the kick off. Joaquim Seixas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amílcar Moniz's shot from short distance in the 2nd minute. In the 4th minute of the match, Benedito Alvarenga got a very nice opportunity to score, but Manuel Azevedo was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Julian Lizar in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joaquim Seixas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jorge Reis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Joaquim Seixas. MB Football Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Fábio Passos hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute of the match Raimundo Almeida shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joaquim Seixas showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Lizar in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Joaquim Seixas saved MB Football Club from getting behind. 11 minutes into the match, Amílcar Moniz notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of MB Football Club's Joaquim Seixas. Joaquim Seixas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jorge Antunes kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benedito Alvarenga got free with Manuel Azevedo in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Joaquim Seixas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amílcar Moniz in the 30th minute of play. After some careless play in the MB Football Club defense, Amílcar Moniz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joaquim Seixas. The MB Football Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joaquim Seixas should have stopped the shot. After 43 minutes, Tomás Rego mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MB Football Club and the S.L.Portelas players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 43rd match minute, MB Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Rego to maneuver through the defense.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Lizar made a kick off. With a little luck, MB Football Club's Joaquim Seixas got control of the ball when Julian Lizar tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to MB Football Club getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Tomás Rego hit a great ball. Joaquim Seixas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amílcar Moniz's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. After having played for 63 minutes, Julian Lizar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. S.L.Portelas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julian Lizar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. MB Football Club's Joaquim Seixas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save MB Football Club from getting a goal against them. With his leg Joaquim Seixas managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when S.L.Portelas's Julian Lizar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Manuel Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Guerra in the 70th minute of play. If Benedito Alvarenga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Guerra in the 72nd minute of play forced S.L.Portelas's goalkeeper Manuel Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joaquim Seixas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Amílcar Moniz in the 74th minute. Joaquim Seixas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amílcar Moniz in the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, S.L.Portelas's Jorge Antunes got a free kick in the 79th minute. 84 minutes into the match, Amílcar Moniz notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of MB Football Club's Joaquim Seixas. Joaquim Seixas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 88th minute Benedito Alvarenga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joaquim Seixas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amílcar Moniz in the 90th minute of play. Joaquim Seixas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amílcar Moniz in the 91st minute of play. S.L.Portelas's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.