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Estadio do Estrela
Spectators: 8463 (Terracing: 6348, Seating: 1946, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xiao Ping Nan started the match with the kick off. In the 13th minute Academia EFC were awarded a corner. Freddie Mercury went to the cornerflag to take it. Academia EFC's Nuno Caldas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 柯辉崇 in the 16th minute of play. Freddie Mercury's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Clemente Simão read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. In the 24th minute, Zeferino Granja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 24 minutes into the match, Academia Ansião's goalkeeper Clemente Simão had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dumitru Bodiu. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Zeferino Granja sped through Academia EFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nuno Caldas. Academia Ansião's Clemente Simão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xiao Ping Nan in the 38th minute of play. After some careless play in the Academia EFC defense, 柯辉崇 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nuno Caldas. The Academia EFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nuno Caldas should have stopped the shot. After 45 minutes, Dumitru Bodiu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Academia EFC and the Academia Ansião players grew even worse after the yellow card. Academia Ansião made a substitution. Pedro Rijo replaced Alexandre Peseiro. Dumitru Bodiu kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Ping Nan in the 52nd minute of play forced Academia Ansião's goalkeeper Clemente Simão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Academia EFC's goal looked a bit too open when 柯辉崇 came free, but Nuno Caldas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute of the match Academia Ansião got a corner. Academia EFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aldo Bezerra ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Academia Ansião's corner Eevald Onnu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nuno Caldas quite easily take care of the ball. Clemente Simão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Freddie Mercury, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nuno Caldas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aldo Bezerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nuno Caldas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zeferino Granja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute Freddie Mercury shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clemente Simão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Clemente Simão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xiao Ping Nan in the 78th minute of the match. With his leg Nuno Caldas managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Academia Ansião's 柯辉崇 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 82 minutes into the match, Academia Ansião's goal looked a bit too open when Freddie Mercury came free, but Clemente Simão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nuno Caldas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aldo Bezerra in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 90th minute of the match Aldo Bezerra sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nuno Caldas skillfully saved the ball. The audience was convinced that Zeferino Granja's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nuno Caldas was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. Freddie Mercury took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Clemente Simão. Clemente Simão dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Academia EFC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Academia Ansião had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.