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Estádio do Hércules
Spectators: 6832 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1832, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niel Van Haerschot made the kick off which started today's match. If Cesário Lage had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 5th minute, Cesário Lage hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Niel Van Haerschot got free with Almiro Mendonça in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Xavier Frois's late challenge caught a Arsenal Clube de Lisboa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xavier Frois helped the player get up and apologised. 14 minutes into the match, Cesário Lage dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Almiro Mendonça, 1-0. After a rather tough play, Arsenal Clube de Lisboa's Adelino Salgueiro got a free kick in the 19th minute. The audience was convinced that Homero Coelho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Satria Witarsa was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, SC Alqueva's Xavier Frois got a free kick in the 28th minute. Adelino Santarém charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adelino Santarém the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Josué Mascarenhas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Homero Coelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Xavier Frois had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Homero Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Satria Witarsa having to interfere. Emílio Teixeira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Satria Witarsa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Josué Mascarenhas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Josué Mascarenhas made the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute, Homero Coelho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Satria Witarsa. The goal made the score 1-1. Niel Van Haerschot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Almiro Mendonça tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SC Alqueva's Emílio Teixeira got his second yellow card of the match in the 62nd minute. The referee ordered Emílio Teixeira off the ground. In the 63rd match minute, SC Alqueva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emílio Teixeira to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niel Van Haerschot in the 71st minute of play forced SC Alqueva's goalkeeper Almiro Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to SC Alqueva getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Igor Viveiros hit a great ball. Murilo Mourinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Almiro Mendonça tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 78 played minutes Arsenal Clube de Lisboa got a freekick which was hit by Ivo Domingos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesário Lage in the 84th minute of play forced SC Alqueva's goalkeeper Almiro Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Satria Witarsa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xavier Frois, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xavier Frois recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 94 played minutes Arsenal Clube de Lisboa got a freekick which was hit by Manuel Vasques. Xavier Frois might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Satria Witarsa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xavier Frois ran back to his position shaking his head. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.