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Estadio Gralhas
Spectators: 7252 (Terracing: 5474, Seating: 1678, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joaquim Gama started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Ilídio Caldas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Raposo was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilídio Caldas in the 4th minute of play forced piratux's goalkeeper Carlos Raposo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilídio Caldas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Carlos Raposo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, piratux's Almiro Vides got a free kick in the 7th minute. If Sidónio Souto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gralhas's Ilídio Caldas got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Júlio Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim Gama in the 13th minute of play. Júlio Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquim Gama, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After 17 minutes, Armindo Chagas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the piratux and the Gralhas players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th minute, Armindo Chagas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to piratux getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Jarbas Prates hit a great ball. In the 20th minute, Rúben Caneira sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and piratux's Carlos Raposo didn't even have to move. piratux's Carlos Raposo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save piratux from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind piratux's goalkeeper Carlos Raposo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 35th minute, Sidónio Souto made a precise shot to the right of Carlos Raposo. piratux's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 44th minute, Jarbas Prates hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ilídio Caldas made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Joaquim Gama took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Júlio Sousa to make any attempt to save it. 63 minutes into the match, piratux's goal looked a bit too open when Ilídio Caldas came free, but Carlos Raposo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joaquim Gama sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Júlio Sousa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nuno Baptista in the 67th minute. Benedito Mendes's late challenge caught a piratux's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benedito Mendes helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Gralhas getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Benedito Mendes hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jarbas Prates during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Gralhas booed when piratux was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jarbas Prates didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carlos Raposo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilídio Caldas in the 82nd minute of the match. Nuno Baptista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Júlio Sousa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Júlio Sousa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Joaquim Gama showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 92 minute of play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.