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Estádio da Vida
Spectators: 6663 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 0) Virginijus Litvinas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nezih Babacan in the 8th minute of the match. When Rui Veiga fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Académica's protests and gave Rui Veiga a yellow card for diving instead. Rui Veiga hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. 10 minutes into the game, forosterra's Sebastião Simões nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Virginijus Litvinas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 15th match minute, forosterra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastião Simões to maneuver through the defense. 21 minutes into the match, Académica's goal looked a bit too open when Nezih Babacan came free, but Virginijus Litvinas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Académica booed when forosterra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Maia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sebastião Simões took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Virginijus Litvinas. Virginijus Litvinas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. In the 28th minute, Luís Amorim made a precise shot to the right of Virginijus Litvinas. Académica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Sebastião Simões received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Virginijus Litvinas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nezih Babacan in the 39th minute of play forced Académica's goalkeeper Virginijus Litvinas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastião Simões in the 40th minute of play forced Académica's goalkeeper Virginijus Litvinas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Académica defense, Sebastião Simões kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Virginijus Litvinas. The Académica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Virginijus Litvinas should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

If Sebastião Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Amílcar Faria made in the 57th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Paulo Gueifão immediately put the ball in play. 58 minutes into the match, Académica's goalkeeper Virginijus Litvinas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sebastião Simões. Sebastião Simõess short, quick shot in the 62ndth minute got Virginijus Litvinas to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Académica's goalkeeper Virginijus Litvinas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 70th minute, forosterra's Nezih Babacan ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Virginijus Litvinas. Virginijus Litvinas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. Sebastião Simões in the 74thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Virginijus Litvinas, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Sebastião Simões did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-8 to the left of a surprised Virginijus Litvinas 76 minutes into the match. Sebastião Simões succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-9 in the 80th playminute. Jorge Ferreira took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 90th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nuno Teixeira. forosterra's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The Académica fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. forosterra were clearly better and deserved to take the win.