U21 League

MACONHA
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Heitor Horta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Villa, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Heitor Horta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Salinas in the 7th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, David Villa made a precise shot to the right of Heitor Horta. Ponte do Carro's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Heitor Horta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Villa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ponte do Carro's Heitor Horta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Villa in the 19th minute of play. Nuno Sanches made in the 24th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Máximo Malafaia immediately put the ball in play. Heitor Horta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Villa, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Eusébio Leão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Chayo Mangas made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Lucena in the 32nd minute of play forced Alas de Júpiter's goalkeeper Chayo Mangas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ponte do Carro were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Alas de Júpiter's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Máximo Malafaia took the corner. The corner led Ponte do Carro's Máximo Malafaia to fire away a dangerous shot which Chayo Mangas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, Alas de Júpiter's David Villa got a free kick in the 40th minute. In the 41st minute, Eusébio Leão ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chayo Mangas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 46 minutes into the match, David Villa notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Ponte do Carro's Heitor Horta. Heitor Horta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After the first half Alas de Júpiter were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when David Villa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes Alas de Júpiter got a freekick which was hit by Iñigo Martínez. After 54 played minutes Ponte do Carro got a freekick which was hit by Eusébio Leão. Heitor Horta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Villa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Villa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A sloppy throw-in by Nuno Sanches in the 70th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Alas de Júpiter's Giorgio Alcalde. Julio Salinas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 71stth minute, Heitor Horta skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 75 minutes, Veríssimo Taveira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ponte do Carro and the Alas de Júpiter players grew even worse after the yellow card. Veríssimo Taveira hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Ponte do Carro's goalkeeper Heitor Horta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Altino Guerreiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.