Official Cup

Estádio de Cassufas
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassiano Brochado took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassiano Brochado in the 4th minute of play forced Benficajuvestars's goalkeeper Rui Patrício to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rui Patrício showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassiano Brochado in the 5th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Benficajuvestars's zone, Israel Póvoas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rui Patrício came out of the goal and Israel Póvoas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerry Nykvist in the 10th minute of play forced A.D.ESMOJÃES's goalkeeper Laureano Rijo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of A.D.ESMOJÃES booed when Benficajuvestars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ziemowit Moczkiewicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cassiano Brochado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Laureano Rijo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salvador Vilas Boas, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. If Israel Póvoas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A.D.ESMOJÃES's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mateus Baldaia in the 31st minute. A nice corner shot did that Ziemowit Moczkiewicz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Laureano Rijo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 40th minute, Cassiano Brochado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rui Patrício was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Salvador Vilas Boas put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Laureano Rijo. Laureano Rijo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ziemowit Moczkiewicz in the 48th minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ziemowit Moczkiewicz to strike the kick off in the second half. Rui Patrício made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassiano Brochado in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salvador Vilas Boas in the 58th minute of play forced A.D.ESMOJÃES's goalkeeper Laureano Rijo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 59 minutes of play, Benficajuvestars's Ziemowit Moczkiewicz made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Laureano Rijo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Laureano Rijo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerry Nykvist in the 63rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Benficajuvestars's zone, Israel Póvoas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rui Patrício came out of the goal and Israel Póvoas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerry Nykvist in the 69th minute of play forced A.D.ESMOJÃES's goalkeeper Laureano Rijo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cassiano Brochado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rui Patrício was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. The supporters of A.D.ESMOJÃES booed when Benficajuvestars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rubim Ramires didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rui Patrício showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassiano Brochado in the 76th minute of the match. Laureano Rijo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerry Nykvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 82nd minute Cassiano Brochado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui Patrício saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Salvador Vilas Boas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Laureano Rijo having to interfere. In the 90th minute, Alexandrino Souto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rui Patrício made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassiano Brochado in the 92nd minute of play. Benficajuvestars's Rui Patrício played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassiano Brochado in the 93rd minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Mateus Baldaia got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rui Patrício quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Benficajuvestars supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Benficajuvestars would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.