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Avanca
Spectators: 6676 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hermes Queirós kicked off to start the match. Aprígio Seixas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Moniz in the 3rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Assunção in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aprígio Seixas saved SC Avanca from getting behind. A collision led to Sport Lisboa e Benfica getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Ricardo Aguiar hit a great ball. 9 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Ademar Correia came free, but Jacinto Soares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Assunção struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Aprígio Seixas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Ricardo Aguiar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 12 minutes of play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's José Assunção made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aprígio Seixas was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Assunção in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aprígio Seixas saved SC Avanca from getting behind. When José Assunção came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Sport Lisboa e Benfica 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 José Assunção couldn't finish the play. Aprígio Seixas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Assunção in the 19th minute of play. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when SC Avanca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ademar Correia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ademar Correia's late challenge caught a Sport Lisboa e Benfica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ademar Correia helped the player get up and apologised. Ademar Correia hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Assunção in the 27th minute of play forced SC Avanca's goalkeeper Aprígio Seixas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nuno Delgado charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nuno Delgado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th minute, Nuno Delgado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jacinto Soares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermes Queirós, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 39th minute, José Assunção 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. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when SC Avanca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafael Lameirinhas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 43rd minute of the match Inácio Reis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Aprígio Seixas showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jacinto Soares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ademar Correia in the 47th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

In the 54th minute Hermes Queirós shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacinto Soares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of SC Avanca booed when Sport Lisboa e Benfica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. André Soares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jacinto Soares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateus Miranda in the 57th minute of play. Gustavo Moniz struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Aprígio Seixas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. 65 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Nuno Delgado came free, but Jacinto Soares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Hermes Queirós came free, but Jacinto Soares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 69 minutes, Tobias Cavaco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Avanca and the Sport Lisboa e Benfica players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 68th minute of the game. One of SC Avanca:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sport Lisboa e Benfica:s goal. Jacinto Soares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inácio Severiano in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermes Queirós in the 75th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Jacinto Soares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ademar Correia was shown his second yellow card after 77 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 78 played minutes SC Avanca got a freekick which was hit by Ademar Correia. SC Avanca's Aprígio Seixas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save SC Avanca from getting a goal against them. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jacinto Soares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Inácio Severiano in the 85th minute of play. Hermes Queirós hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. José Assunção fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aprígio Seixas having to interfere. José Assunção received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Aprígio Seixas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's José Assunção got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.