League

Bobeiro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Luís Barros started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 4 minutes Deveseira's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jorge Aleixo who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Balurcos's Jorge Aleixo to fire away a dangerous shot which Manuel Baptista despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Eurico Passos's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Manuel Baptista skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Mário Ferraz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adolfo Trindade in the 7th minute of the match. In the 9thth minute of the game Luís Barros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Balurcos's Mário Ferraz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mário Ferraz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adolfo Trindade, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Armando Calheiros took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Manuel Baptista to make any attempt to save it. After 19 played minutes, Balurcos's Jorge Aleixo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Manuel Baptista came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Balurcos reached it. After having played for 23 minutes, Armando Calheiros managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Balurcos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Armando Calheiros was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 31 minutes into the match, Adolfo Trindade had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mário Ferraz. Balurcos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adolfo Trindade was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Luís Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Mário Ferraz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eurico Passos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 39th playminute. Elias Rodrigues hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Armando Calheiros struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Manuel Baptista didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Balurcos. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Armando Calheiros to make the kick off. Eurico Passos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Baptista having to interfere. Cláudio Machado kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Armando Calheiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Manuel Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Armando Calheiros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Baptista having to interfere. Armando Calheiros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adolfo Trindade got free with Mário Ferraz in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manuel Baptista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eurico Passos, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deveseira's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jorge Aleixo was slow to take the kick. During this time Balurcos's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jorge Aleixo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manuel Baptista quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mário Ferraz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armando Calheiros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Baptista having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Balurcos had played much better football throughout.