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Cardigos
Spectators: 7237 (Terracing: 5463, Seating: 1674, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Manuel Cabral started the match with the kick off. Cristiano Leão sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marco Paiva hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. If Valério Dias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Homero Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusébio Sousa in the 14th minute of the match. In the 16th match minute, Cardigos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valério Dias to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Cardigos's Olívio Meira got a free kick in the 17th minute. Homero Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Baptista, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 20 minutes into the game, Olívio Meira was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cardigos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Caramao FC the free kick. In the 20th minute, Olívio Meira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 22ndth minute of the game Mariano Baptista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cardigos's Homero Saldanha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Homero Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Leão in the 29th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Leão's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Homero Saldanha was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Caramao FC's Cristiano Leão got a free kick in the 34th minute. Oliveira Lopes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Cabral, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 42ndth minute of the game Cristiano Leão who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cardigos's Homero Saldanha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristiano Leão stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Manuel Cabral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliveira Lopes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Cristiano Leão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mariano Baptista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Homero Saldanha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Valério Dias sped through Caramao FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Oliveira Lopes. Homero Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Leão in the 68th minute of the match. After taking down the ball on Caramao FC's corner Abel Dias fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Homero Saldanha quite easily take care of the ball. In the 74thth minute of the game Cristiano Leão who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cardigos's Homero Saldanha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariano Baptista got free with Homero Saldanha in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Valério Dias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 85th minute Cristiano Leão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Homero Saldanha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Caramao FC fans' excitement grew in the 89th match minute when Caramao FC's Mariano Baptista looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Oliveira Lopes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valério Dias, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.