Official Cup

Fervent Stadium
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Minho FC's João Vilas Boas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 6 minutes, Durval Guterres mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Minho FC and the Fervent Stalkers players grew even worse after the yellow card. 5 minutes into the game, one of Minho FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Egídio Loureiro, was totally fooled by Fervent Stalkers's Gabriel Gerazan, who 7 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Arnaldo Fanuco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Varela in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Varela in the 16th minute of play forced Fervent Stalkers's goalkeeper Arnaldo Fanuco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnaldo Fanuco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Varela, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Arnaldo Fanuco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Vilas Boas in the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Fervent Stalkers's goalkeeper Arnaldo Fanuco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 25 minutes into the match, Marco Varela had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnaldo Fanuco. Fervent Stalkers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marco Varela was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After some careless play in the Fervent Stalkers defense, Marco Varela kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnaldo Fanuco. The Fervent Stalkers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnaldo Fanuco should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Fervent Stalkers's Ivan Galo got a free kick in the 33rd minute. In the 34th minute of the match Heitor Seixas shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arnaldo Fanuco showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 42nd minute, Honorato Tallia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro Fernandes in the 47th minute of play forced Fervent Stalkers's goalkeeper Arnaldo Fanuco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gabriel Gerazan made a kick off. Inocencio Herensuge kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. João Vilas Boas, 51 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 56th match minute, Fervent Stalkers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Galo to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute Marco Varela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnaldo Fanuco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arnaldo Fanuco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Vilas Boas in the 63rd minute of play. Ramiro Fernandes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnaldo Fanuco having to interfere. Fervent Stalkers's Arnaldo Fanuco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Fervent Stalkers from getting a goal against them. During the 68th minute of the match Durval Guterres completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Durval Guterres a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Durval Guterres kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. A collision led to Minho FC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Ramiro Fernandes hit a great ball. Arnaldo Fanuco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavier Lamego, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Fervent Stalkers's Arnaldo Fanuco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Fervent Stalkers from getting a goal against them. João Vilas Boas scored 1-3 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnaldo Fanuco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 86th minute, Minho FC's Xavier Lamego dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-4. 89 minutes into the match, Fervent Stalkers's goalkeeper Arnaldo Fanuco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ramiro Fernandes. 92 minutes into the match, Fervent Stalkers's goalkeeper Arnaldo Fanuco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maurício Peseiro. Xavier Lamego received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Arnaldo Fanuco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Egídio Loureiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Gerazan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.