Official Cup

D. Nuno Álvares Pere
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abel Paixão got the match started through his kick off. G.D Vitória de Sernache's Jerónimo Ornelas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Máximo Pimentel in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Abel Paixão left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 15 minutes into the match, Máximo Pimentel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jerónimo Ornelas. G.D Vitória de Sernache's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Máximo Pimentel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 0-3 became the score in the 18th minute when Abel Paixão elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 20 minutes of play, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Abel Paixão made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jerónimo Ornelas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jerónimo Ornelas came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's Francisco Noronha. But to his dismay, Francisco Noronha quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Jerónimo Ornelas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Paixão in the 32nd minute of the match. Jerónimo Ornelas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Máximo Pimentel in the 35th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Paixão in the 38th minute of play forced G.D Vitória de Sernache's goalkeeper Jerónimo Ornelas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Abel Paixão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jerónimo Ornelas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Máximo Pimentel, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 45 minutes into the match, G.D Vitória de Sernache's goal looked a bit too open when Máximo Pimentel came free, but Jerónimo Ornelas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Pedro Bentes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Veríssimo Velasques was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute, Aprígio Espinosa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jerónimo Ornelas. The goal made the score 0-6. Francisco Noronha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Jerónimo Ornelas made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Abel Paixão took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Jerónimo Ornelas to make any attempt to save it. Máximo Pimentel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Jerónimo Ornelas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abel Paixão kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Paixão in the 73rd minute of play forced G.D Vitória de Sernache's goalkeeper Jerónimo Ornelas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. G.D Vitória de Sernache's Jerónimo Ornelas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Paixão in the 81st minute of play. Jerónimo Ornelas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Noronha in the 84th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abel Paixão in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jerónimo Ornelas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jerónimo Ornelas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Paixão in the 97th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than G.D Vitória de Sernache.