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Praya
Spectators: 6681 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 0) SC Sistais's José Almeida 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. Jaime Veiga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but António Reis made a huge save. When Xavier Cabral came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the SC Sistais 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 Xavier Cabral couldn't finish the play. José Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Praya getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Júlio Aguiar hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, José Almeida managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Sistais's supporters rose to their feet, but José Almeida was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Morais breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gaspar Araújo struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. David Morais didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Sistais. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Cabral in the 15th minute of play forced Praya's goalkeeper David Morais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute José Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Morais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carlos Reis in the 21stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of António Reis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a little luck, SC Sistais's António Reis got control of the ball when Jaime Veiga tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, José Almeida managed to get in a good position for a shot. SC Sistais's supporters rose to their feet, but José Almeida was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Morais breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 28 minutes of play, SC Sistais's Xavier Cabral made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Morais was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd minute, José Almeida left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Sistais fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 35 played minutes SC Sistais got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Cabral. The crowd rose to their feet as Praya's Jaime Veiga slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of António Reis. That made the score 1-2 after 36 minutes of play. After 43 minutes, Carlos Reis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Praya and the SC Sistais players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Praya getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Carlos Reis hit a great ball. Diogo Pinho took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for David Morais. Praya's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 47 minutes, Jaime Veiga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Praya and the SC Sistais players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manuel Pacheco was the one to do the kick off. Xavier Cabral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. David Morais tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Pacheco in the 55th minute of play forced SC Sistais's goalkeeper António Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Gaspar Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Morais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. José Almeida's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but David Morais read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Mariano Santos notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of SC Sistais's António Reis. António Reis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Pacheco in the 75th minute of play forced SC Sistais's goalkeeper António Reis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Praya's David Morais proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Praya from getting a goal against them. In the 81st minute, José Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When José Almeida came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the SC Sistais 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 José Almeida couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Praya defense, José Almeida kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Morais. The Praya fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Morais should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the SC Sistais defense, Carlos Reis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of António Reis. The SC Sistais fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that António Reis should have stopped the shot. Praya's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.