League

Arelho
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) SC Arelho's Gonçalo Caneira started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, SC Arelho's Alfredo Simões got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 7th minute, Alexandre Soares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gonçalo Caneira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Manuel Bulhosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Arelho's supporters rose to their feet, but Manuel Bulhosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hélder Resende breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manuel Bulhosa got free with Hélder Resende in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manuel Bulhosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélder Resende having to interfere. The supporters of H-Raqui booed when SC Arelho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Santiago Viegas didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by João Távora during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, SC Arelho's João Távora got a free kick in the 29th minute. 33 minutes into the game, H-Raqui's Gustavo Queirós nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abel Igrejas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After having played for 36 minutes, Jorge Pedroso managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. H-Raqui's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jorge Pedroso was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abel Igrejas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gustavo Queirós's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Queirós in the 39th minute of play forced SC Arelho's goalkeeper Abel Igrejas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abel Igrejas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Pedroso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abel Igrejas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Queirós in the 45th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gustavo Queirós to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, SC Arelho's Diamantino Severiano got a free kick in the 51st minute. Abel Igrejas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Pedroso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Santiago Viegas's late challenge caught a H-Raqui's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santiago Viegas helped the player get up and apologised. Gustavo Queirós who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Abel Igrejas when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 61 played minutes SC Arelho got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Simões. The audience was convinced that Jorge Pedroso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Igrejas was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gustavo Queirós got free with Abel Igrejas in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, SC Arelho's Manuel Bulhosa got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Gustavo Queiróss short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Abel Igrejas to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The crowd rose to their feet as Gustavo Queirós kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Abel Igrejas. That made the score 0-2 in the 79 minute of play. After 81 played minutes H-Raqui got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Moniz. Gustavo Queirós's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 89thth minute, Abel Igrejas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Jorge Pedroso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Igrejas was relentless in the 96th minute of the game.