Official Cup

Alvaláxia Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jordão Antunes made the kick off which started today's match. Paulo Mansilha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inácio Pinto in the 9th minute of play. The supporters of VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF booed when Sporting Clube de Gaya was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeremiah St. Juste didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 12 played minutes, VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF's Artur Teves shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Paulo Mansilha came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF reached it. The crowd rose to their feet as António Coutinho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alcides Quinaz. That made the score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cassiano Madruga during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 19th match minute, Sporting Clube de Gaya was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cassiano Madruga to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by António Coutinho in the 23rd minute of play forced VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF's goalkeeper Alcides Quinaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the game, Ivan Ramalho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Paulo Mansilha was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Paulo Mansilha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Ramires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sporting Clube de Gaya's Paulo Mansilha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Ramalho in the 30th minute of play. Paulo Mansilha came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF's João Ramires. But to his dismay, João Ramires quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Sporting Clube de Gaya's Paulo Mansilha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Inácio Pinto in the 40th minute of play. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Ivan Ramalho advanced and headed the ball into goal, 1-3 in the 42nd minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell António Coutinho to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, one of VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF. After a rather tough play, VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF's Jordão Antunes got a free kick in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube de Gaya's goalkeeper Paulo Mansilha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivan Ramalho. In the 66th match minute, Sporting Clube de Gaya was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filinto Vides to maneuver through the defense. Artur Teves took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 67th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Paulo Mansilha. Sporting Clube de Gaya's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Paulo Mansilha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jordão Antunes in the 68th minute of the match. Alcides Quinaz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Coutinho in the 77th minute of play. Paulo Mansilha came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF's Jordão Antunes. But to his dismay, Jordão Antunes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. Paulo Mansilha made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Ivan Ramalho sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute, Artur Teves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 87 minutes of play VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF's Eusébio Infante was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 95th minute, Cassiano Madruga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Sporting Clube de Gaya fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. VETERANOS DA GUINÉ - FLF were clearly better and deserved to take the win.