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VALETA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Júnior Negri made the kick off which started today's match. After 5 minutes, Zé Roberto Botelho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clube Athletico Valão and the Alvara players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nelson Palmeira scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Virgílio Madureira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Alvara fans' excitement grew in the 10th match minute when Alvara's Nesho Karadakov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Robinho Nogueira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Virgílio Madureira having to make a save. Clube Athletico Valão's Virgílio Madureira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robinho Nogueira in the 12th minute of play. Alvara's Anaia Jurado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Humberto Peres in the 21st minute of play. After 25 minutes, João Pedro Couto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clube Athletico Valão and the Alvara players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 29th match minute, Clube Athletico Valão was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anísio Ortiz to maneuver through the defense. Anaia Jurado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Humberto Peres in the 31st minute of the match. Anísio Ortiz charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anísio Ortiz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Anísio Ortiz hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. When Alvara's Nesho Karadakov in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Clube Athletico Valão's goalie prevented a goal. In the 42nd minute, Nelson Palmeira made a precise shot to the right of Virgílio Madureira. Clube Athletico Valão's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After the first half Alvara were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nesho Karadakov made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fábio Salles in the 53rd minute of play forced Alvara's goalkeeper Anaia Jurado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Alvara's Nelson Palmeira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Virgílio Madureira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Anaia Jurado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júnior Negri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Nesho Karadakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Virgílio Madureira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robinho Nogueira in the 65th minute of play. Nesho Karadakov succeeded in the game's 69th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-5. Nesho Karadakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgílio Madureira having to interfere. Anaia Jurado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júnior Negri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Virgílio Madureira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nesho Karadakov's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Anaia Jurado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fábio Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Anaia Jurado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júnior Negri in the 79th minute of play. Clube Athletico Valão's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dedê Souza in the 81st minute. The corner ended in Dedê Souza almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alvara's Anaia Jurado did a great save. With his leg Virgílio Madureira managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Alvara's Nesho Karadakov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 88th play minutes Nesho Karadakov shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Virgílio Madureira and just under the crossbar into goal. 95 minutes into the match, Nesho Karadakov notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Clube Athletico Valão's Virgílio Madureira. Virgílio Madureira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Clube Athletico Valão supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Alvara's performance. The match ended with a win for Alvara.