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Arena do Triunfo
Spectators: 7101 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when José Carlos Paiva made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Barão do Triunfo F.C.'s José Carlos Paiva got a free kick in the 4th minute. Jeremias Simões's late challenge caught a Red Skulls's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jeremias Simões helped the player get up and apologised. In the 12th minute, Jeremias Simões hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nando Donatello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Eusebiu Stelea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eusebiu Stelea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Bello in the 15th minute of play. Eusebiu Stelea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pere Beloki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, José Carlos Paiva managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barão do Triunfo F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but José Carlos Paiva was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erman Metiner breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nando Donatello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusebiu Stelea having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Pere Beloki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eusebiu Stelea was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. After having played for 34 minutes, Nando Donatello managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red Skulls's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nando Donatello was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 42nd minute José Carlos Paiva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erman Metiner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nando Donatello struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Eusebiu Stelea didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Red Skulls.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nando Donatello to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that José Carlos Paiva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erman Metiner was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pere Beloki in the 55th minute of play forced Barão do Triunfo F.C.'s goalkeeper Eusebiu Stelea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Demetrio Romino might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Erman Metiner. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Demetrio Romino ran back to his position shaking his head. After 58 played minutes Barão do Triunfo F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Júlio Urbano. Red Skulls's Pere Beloki got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eusebiu Stelea was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nando Donatello showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 61 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Carlos Paiva in the 64th minute of play forced Red Skulls's goalkeeper Erman Metiner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eusebiu Stelea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Bello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute, Pere Beloki made a precise shot to the right of Eusebiu Stelea. Barão do Triunfo F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. If Frank Bello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If José Carlos Paiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Acácio Teixeira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Skulls's supporters rose to their feet, but Acácio Teixeira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eusebiu Stelea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Bello in the 80th minute of play forced Barão do Triunfo F.C.'s goalkeeper Eusebiu Stelea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpected shot in the 85th minute by Frank Bello got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Barão do Triunfo F.C.'s Eusebiu Stelea proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Barão do Triunfo F.C. from getting a goal against them. Nando Donatello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusebiu Stelea having to interfere. Red Skulls's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.