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Ansião Arena
Spectators: 8038 (Terracing: 6029, Seating: 1849, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leopoldo Jacinto Luque got the match started through his kick off. Telmo Guterres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alcino Gois in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Laureano Veloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Manso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Ansião United defense, Peter Lundström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Telmo Guterres. The Ansião United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Telmo Guterres should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Madeira FC's Nuno Maltez got a free kick in the 13th minute. Hugo Manso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Israel Neto in the 14th minute of the match. If Alcino Gois had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 20th minute, Leopoldo Jacinto Luque made a precise shot to the right of Telmo Guterres. Ansião United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 25th minute Ramiro Quintanilha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Telmo Guterres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Palhares in the 32nd minute of play forced Ansião United's goalkeeper Telmo Guterres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Telmo Guterres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Palhares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Telmo Guterres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alcino Gois, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Jacinto Luque in the 46th minute of play forced Ansião United's goalkeeper Telmo Guterres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claudemiro Quintanilha hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Laureano Veloso made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Alcino Gois had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Telmo Guterres. Ansião United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alcino Gois was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. 56 minutes into the match, Ansião United's goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo Jacinto Luque came free, but Telmo Guterres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Telmo Guterres made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramiro Quintanilha in the 57th minute. With a little luck, Ansião United's Telmo Guterres got control of the ball when Ramiro Quintanilha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leopoldo Jacinto Luques short, quick shot in the 65thth minute got Telmo Guterres to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jorge Lobo hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Ramiro Quintanilha could shoot a difficult shot in the 69th minute, which Telmo Guterres however easily saved by the left post. Jorge Lobo hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Carlos Palhares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Telmo Guterres having to interfere. Hugo Manso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulino Cabral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Israel Neto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hugo Manso was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Israel Neto put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Hugo Manso. Leopoldo Jacinto Luque could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Telmo Guterres made a huge save. Telmo Guterres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Jacinto Luque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leopoldo Jacinto Luque did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-5 to the left of a surprised Telmo Guterres 85 minutes into the match. Hugo Manso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laureano Veloso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laureano Veloso in the 91st minute of play forced Madeira FC's goalkeeper Hugo Manso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over Madeira FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ansião United throughout the match.