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Estadio Pintores
Spectators: 6681 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. David Ramos started the match with the kick off. If Ricardo Claus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Laércio Palhares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Amílcar Santarém tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Xavier Pedroso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vítor Marques, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xavier Pedroso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Claus in the 15th minute of the match. SC Pintores's Xavier Pedroso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vítor Marques in the 16th minute of play. Laércio Peixoto charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Laércio Peixoto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. F.C.Penafiel's João Neves was substituted for Amílcar Macedo. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 23rd minute of the game. One of SC Pintores:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of F.C.Penafiel:s goal. Xavier Pedroso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vítor Marques in the 29th minute of the match. Xavier Pedroso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Claus in the 32nd minute of play. After some careless play in the SC Pintores defense, João Neves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xavier Pedroso. The SC Pintores fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xavier Pedroso should have stopped the shot. Xavier Pedroso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Vieira in the 38th minute of the match. If Ricardo Claus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Xavier Pedroso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Neves in the 41st minute of the match. Xavier Pedroso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Neves in the 43rd minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vítor Marques to make the kick off. A collision led to SC Pintores getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Teófilo Ferrão hit a great ball. Vítor Marques struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Xavier Pedroso didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for F.C.Penafiel. Laércio Palhares kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Vítor Marques received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Xavier Pedroso came out and tried to block the shot, but Vítor Marques slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 65th minute. The nice shot from Ricardo Claus in the 68thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Xavier Pedroso had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. After 71 played minutes SC Pintores got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Damásio. Xavier Pedroso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vítor Marques, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. When Vítor Marques fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C.Penafiel's protests and gave Vítor Marques a yellow card for diving instead. In the 86th minute, Vítor Marques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vítor Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to F.C.Penafiel getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. José Henriques hit a great ball.