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Ashton Under Hill
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Paulo Nascimento made the kick off and thus started the match. Lopo Borges recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Toni Teive took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lopo Borges, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Ashton Under Hill's zone, Paulo Nascimento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miguel De Matos came out of the goal and Paulo Nascimento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ashton Under Hill's Miguel De Matos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Östlund in the 23rd minute of play. After 24 played minutes Ashton Under Hill got a freekick which was hit by Quim De Matos. In the 30th minute, Rogério Tenória ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Toni Teive was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 35th minute, Ashton Under Hill's Ailton Sá dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Ailton Sá fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Toni Teive having to interfere. Rogério Tenória could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Toni Teive made a huge save. Dan Östlund's late challenge caught a Ashton Under Hill's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dan Östlund helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Luanda Boys Academy's Dan Östlund got a free kick in the 44th minute. When Ivó Galão fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Luanda Boys Academy's protests and gave Ivó Galão a yellow card for diving instead. Ivó Galão kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lopo Borges to make the kick off. Dan Östlund received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Miguel De Matos came out and tried to block the shot, but Dan Östlund slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 51st minute. Miguel De Matos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paulo Nascimento in the 55th minute. A collision led to Ashton Under Hill getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Ailton Sá hit a great ball. Luanda Boys Academy's Toni Teive played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ailton Sá in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st match minute, Ashton Under Hill was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ailton Sá to maneuver through the defense. Luanda Boys Academy's Dan Östlund got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dan Östlund's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Miguel De Matos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Dan Östlund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Miguel De Matos made a huge save. Toni Teive showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Jacinto, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Toni Teive showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Jacinto, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After a rather tough play, Ashton Under Hill's Miguel Jacinto got a free kick in the 81st minute. Toni Teive didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Miguel Jacinto went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. When Lopo Borges came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Ashton Under Hill fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lopo Borges couldn't finish the play. After 89 played minutes Luanda Boys Academy got a freekick which was hit by Ivó Galão. After 93 minutes of play, Ashton Under Hill's Rogério Tenória made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Toni Teive was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ashton Under Hill's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.