League

Serreleis
Spectators: 6654 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 0) Sport Clube Benfica's Nuno Baldaia 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. Nuno Baldaia struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Mário Pinho didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sport Clube Benfica. Rogério Quintas was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 21st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 23 minutes, Matias Ávila mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alto da Eira FC and the Sport Clube Benfica players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Alto da Eira FC got a freekick which was hit by Matias Ávila. After recieving a nice pass, Sport Clube Benfica's Rogério Quintas tried to score from far away in the 24th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 25th minute, Matias Ávila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Sport Clube Benfica getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Heitor Aragão hit a great ball. The supporters of Sport Clube Benfica booed when Alto da Eira FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeferino Campos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute of the match Rogério Quintas shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mário Pinho showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 35thth minute of the game Heitor Aragão who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alto da Eira FC's Mário Pinho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heitor Aragão in the 37th minute of play forced Alto da Eira FC's goalkeeper Mário Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mário Pinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Baldaia, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Mário Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nuno Baldaia in the 43rd minute of the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Isidoro Sanches made the kick off in the second half. Guilherme Tavares struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Idalécio Curado didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Alto da Eira FC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guilherme Tavares in the 56th minute of play forced Sport Clube Benfica's goalkeeper Idalécio Curado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Alto da Eira FC's Isidoro Sanches sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Idalécio Curado narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Isidoro Sanches had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Alto da Eira FC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Jorge Vides hit a great ball. When Isidoro Sanches came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Alto da Eira FC 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 Isidoro Sanches couldn't finish the play. Nuno Baldaia struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Mário Pinho didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sport Clube Benfica. When Guilherme Tavares came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Alto da Eira FC 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 Guilherme Tavares couldn't finish the play. Sport Clube Benfica's Jacinto Ponte got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mário Pinho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Heitor Aragão in the 80th minute. The supporters of Sport Clube Benfica booed when Alto da Eira FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matias Ávila didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Alto da Eira FC's Edgar Travassos got a free kick in the 84th minute. Matias Ávila was shown his second yellow card after 95 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Alto da Eira FC's Matias Ávila got a free kick in the 96th minute. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.