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Albardo
Spectators: 6681 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 0) Lázaro Veríssimo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Guilherme Brito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lázaro Veríssimo in the 4th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Lázaro Veríssimo managed to get in a good position for a shot. S.L.Benfica's supporters rose to their feet, but Lázaro Veríssimo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Guilherme Brito breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Lucas Pimenta put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Guilherme Brito. When Márcio Paiva came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Albardo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Márcio Paiva couldn't finish the play. Hilário Regueira kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the game, Albardo's Osvaldo Arruda nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Éder Assis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. S.L.Benfica's Éder Assis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Márcio Paiva in the 21st minute of play. Lázaro Veríssimo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guilherme Brito having to interfere. Jorge Palha took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 29th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Guilherme Brito. Albardo's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Lázaro Veríssimo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guilherme Brito having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lázaro Veríssimo in the 35th minute of play forced Albardo's goalkeeper Guilherme Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the game, Márcio Paiva recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Éder Assis. Márcio Paiva showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Márcio Paiva was the one to do the kick off. Albardo's Guilherme Brito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Albardo from getting a goal against them. Osvaldo Arruda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lázaro Veríssimo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guilherme Brito having to interfere. Márcio Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Éder Assis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Osvaldo Arruda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Éder Assis having to interfere. In the 70th minute Osvaldo Arruda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Éder Assis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lázaro Veríssimo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Guilherme Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucas Pimenta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rodolfo Prada's late challenge caught a S.L.Benfica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodolfo Prada helped the player get up and apologised. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucas Pimenta got free with Guilherme Brito in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 90th minute Lázaro Veríssimo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guilherme Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lázaro Veríssimo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Guilherme Brito read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. Osvaldo Arruda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Éder Assis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Albardo's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.