League

Plaza Antequera
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) S D Antequera's Vicente Pinho 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. Iordache Ciupe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Pinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vicente Pinho received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Iordache Ciupe came out and tried to block the shot, but Vicente Pinho slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 7th minute. Nuno Machado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dedê Mota, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. If Augusto Lorencio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Sotomayor in the 16th minute of play forced S D Antequera's goalkeeper Nuno Machado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismael Maciel kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Cearense in the 21st minute of play forced AllBlack's goalkeeper Iordache Ciupe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Augusto Lorencio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nuno Machado was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Giovanni Rosa hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. When Dedê Mota came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the AllBlack 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 Dedê Mota couldn't finish the play. Fernando Sotomayor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nuno Machado having to interfere. AllBlack's Iordache Ciupe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean Cearense in the 33rd minute of play. With an all-out effort, S D Antequera's Iordache Ciupe threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Vicente Pinho, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The referee felt a red card was in order, 36 minutes into the game, when Benjamin Guerra put in a rough tackle. 35 minutes into the game, one of AllBlack:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Iordache Ciupe had in the 38thth minute some difficulties stopping Patrick Queiroz's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 38 minutes into the game, S D Antequera's Patrick Queiroz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Iordache Ciupe made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in S D Antequera's zone, Fernando Sotomayor stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nuno Machado came out of the goal and Fernando Sotomayor tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Iordache Ciupe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean Cearense, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Iordache Ciupe was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Mazinho Martins capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mazinho Martins really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. 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. Dedê Mota was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute Jean Cearense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iordache Ciupe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iordache Ciupe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mazinho Martins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iordache Ciupe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Fabiano de Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Iordache Ciupe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Pinho in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Pinho in the 69th minute of play forced AllBlack's goalkeeper Iordache Ciupe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jean Cearense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Iordache Ciupe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicente Pinho in the 75th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Vicente Pinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The S D Antequera fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. 83 minutes into the match, Giovanni Rosa notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of AllBlack's Iordache Ciupe. Iordache Ciupe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Iordache Ciupe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean Cearense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vicente Pinho scored 8-0 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Iordache Ciupe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee ended the match the S D Antequera players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.