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Araquem
Spectators: 5247 (Terracing: 3350, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Téo Neves got the match started through his kick off. BECO DA CURUJA's Viktor Sariyski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Téo Neves in the 4th minute of play. Pelado's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leopoldo Cordeiro in the 5th minute. Téo Neves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Sariyski having to interfere. Tomás Cordeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Tomás Cordeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horácio Barreto having to interfere. 18 minutes into the game, Pelado's Téo Neves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Viktor Sariyski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Téo Neves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Sariyski having to interfere. Viktor Sariyski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Téo Neves in the 22nd minute of play. After 26 played minutes BECO DA CURUJA got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Madureira. Leopoldo Cordeiro's late challenge caught a BECO DA CURUJA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leopoldo Cordeiro helped the player get up and apologised. Leopoldo Cordeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Pelado's goalkeeper Horácio Barreto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomás Cordeiro. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomás Cordeiro got free with Horácio Barreto in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tomás Cordeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Horácio Barreto made a huge save. In the 39th minute, Marcus Madureira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Horácio Barreto. The goal made the score 1-1. Nicolas Moreira's late challenge caught a Pelado's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicolas Moreira helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to BECO DA CURUJA getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Marcus Madureira hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomás Cordeiro made a kick off. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pelado's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcus Madureira was slow to take the kick. During this time BECO DA CURUJA's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Marcus Madureira almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pelado's Horácio Barreto did a great save. If Nuno Faria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Horácio Barreto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Madureira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the match, BECO DA CURUJA's Marcus Madureira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Horácio Barreto narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dé Rosado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Viktor Sariyski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pelado's Horácio Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Cordeiro in the 74th minute of play. Horácio Barreto came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by BECO DA CURUJA's Tomás Cordeiro. But to his dismay, Tomás Cordeiro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 81st minute, Marcus Madureira made a precise shot to the right of Horácio Barreto. Pelado's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. When Pelado's Téo Neves in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BECO DA CURUJA's goalie prevented a goal. Téo Neves had several of the BECO DA CURUJA's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 90 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-2 score and a disappointed Viktor Sariyski as he didn't even see the shot coming. 96 minutes into the game, Dé Rosado recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Viktor Sariyski. Dé Rosado showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-3. Pelado were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.