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Mirandella
Spectators: 6661 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sálvio Brandão took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Óscar Baptista in the 6th minute of play forced Mirandella's goalkeeper Adriano Mansilha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joudina FC's Adolfo Coimbra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sálvio Brandão in the 9th minute of play. Catarino Ribeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adriano Mansilha having to interfere. 14 minutes into the match, Joudina FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sálvio Brandão came free, but Adolfo Coimbra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Óscar Baptista took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Adriano Mansilha. Adriano Mansilha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 20th minute Óscar Baptista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adriano Mansilha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 22 minutes, Óscar Baptista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Joudina FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Óscar Baptista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joudina FC's Adolfo Coimbra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sálvio Brandão in the 25th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, Mirandella's Sálvio Brandão sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adolfo Coimbra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 29th minute Vítor Fagundes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolfo Coimbra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 29 played minutes Joudina FC got a freekick which was hit by Adolfo Gomes. In the 32nd minute, Afonso Queirós hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 35 minutes into the match, Joudina FC's goalkeeper Adolfo Coimbra had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gentil Cavaco. Joudina FC's attentive Afonso Queirós managed to snatch the ball when Aprígio Madruga made a throw-in in the 38th minute of the game. Mirandella's Adriano Mansilha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Catarino Ribeiro in the 40th minute of play. Adolfo Coimbra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sálvio Brandão in the 42nd minute of the match. Sálvio Brandão succeeded in the game's 44th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Óscar Baptista stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Óscar Baptista notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Mirandella's Adriano Mansilha. Adriano Mansilha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A sloppy throw-in by Nuno Fragoso in the 62nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Joudina FC's Afonso Queirós. Mirandella's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Óscar Baptista scored to the left of an out of position Adriano Mansilha, making the score, 1-3. In the 69th minute, Américo Macedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Catarino Ribeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Adriano Mansilha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mirandella's defense didn't have a chance, in the 74th minute, when Óscar Baptista scored to the left of an out of position Adriano Mansilha, making the score, 1-4. 85 minutes into the game, Jorge Azevedo threw the ball into play from the sideline. Joudina FC's Adolfo Gomes quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. If Adolfo Gomes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorge Azevedo charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jorge Azevedo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Joudina FC booed when Mirandella was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jorge Azevedo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joudina FC played a much better game than Mirandella and deserved their victory. The Mirandella players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.