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Lions Arena
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Manuel Soeiro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 minutes of play, Miramar's Lucas Madruga made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mariano Esteves was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lázaro Mansilha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manuel Soeiro scored 0-2 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mariano Esteves, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcelo Jordão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albérico Vaz having to interfere. In the 16th match minute, Miramar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nivaldo Alcântara to maneuver through the defense. After 17 played minutes, AKXE MADUREIRA's Matias Gonçalves shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Albérico Vaz 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 AKXE MADUREIRA reached it. When Marcelo Jordão fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AKXE MADUREIRA's protests and gave Marcelo Jordão a yellow card for diving instead. In the 18th match minute, AKXE MADUREIRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelo Jordão to maneuver through the defense. Miguel Meira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Albérico Vaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Miguel Meira managed to get in a good position for a shot. AKXE MADUREIRA's supporters rose to their feet, but Miguel Meira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Albérico Vaz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nivaldo Alcântara in the 30th minute of play forced AKXE MADUREIRA's goalkeeper Mariano Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, AKXE MADUREIRA's goal looked a bit too open when Nivaldo Alcântara came free, but Mariano Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, AKXE MADUREIRA's goal looked a bit too open when Nivaldo Alcântara came free, but Mariano Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariano Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angélico Balsemão in the 36th minute of play. After a rather tough play, AKXE MADUREIRA's Marcelo Jordão got a free kick in the 36th minute. 42 minutes into the game, Manuel Soeiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Mariano Esteves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mariano Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olívio Moutinho in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Miguel Meira to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 59th minute, Lázaro Mansilha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mariano Esteves was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Angélico Balsemão kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mariano Esteves. That made the score 0-5 in the 63 minute of play. Angélico Balsemão did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-6 to the left of a surprised Mariano Esteves 68 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Miramar's Manuel Soeiro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mariano Esteves. That made the score 0-7 after 73 minutes of play. In the 78th match minute, Miramar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angélico Balsemão to maneuver through the defense. 80 minutes into the game, Lázaro Mansilha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Mariano Esteves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lázaro Mansilha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Mariano Esteves made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Soeiro in the 85th minute of play forced AKXE MADUREIRA's goalkeeper Mariano Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augusto Veloso kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Miramar's Angélico Balsemão slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mariano Esteves. That made the score 0-9 after 93 minutes of play. The AKXE MADUREIRA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Miramar were clearly better and deserved to take the win.