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Cidade de Machico
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) Jude Cook charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jude Cook the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jude Cook hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Baybars Okbudun struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Micael Lucena didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Travancela. Micael Lucena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júlio Matias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexandrino Salgado kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. If Afonso Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jaime Amaral came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Caramanchão United F.C.'s Vicente Cardoso. But to his dismay, Vicente Cardoso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 32nd minute, Júlio Matias left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Travancela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Manuel Porto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Micael Lucena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Júlio Matias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Micael Lucena was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Micael Lucena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baybars Okbudun in the 38th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Júlio Matias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Micael Lucena. Caramanchão United F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Júlio Matias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. After a defensive mix-up in Caramanchão United F.C.'s zone, Júlio Matias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Micael Lucena came out of the goal and Júlio Matias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of SC Travancela booed when Caramanchão United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hermenegildo Valido didn't get a good kick on the ball. Afonso Esteves scored 1-4 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Micael Lucena, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half SC Travancela were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Heitor Luz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Caramanchão United F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Porto came free, but Micael Lucena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute, Júlio Matias left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Travancela fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. 61 minutes into the match, Caramanchão United F.C.'s goalkeeper Micael Lucena had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Júlio Matias. Micael Lucena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baybars Okbudun in the 64th minute of the match. Júlio Matias had several of the Caramanchão United F.C.'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 65 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-6 score and a disappointed Micael Lucena as he didn't even see the shot coming. Micael Lucena made an important save on a dangerous shot by Júlio Matias in the 70th minute. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 1-7 when Júlio Matias sped through Caramanchão United F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Micael Lucena. After 75 minutes, Afonso Esteves mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Travancela and the Caramanchão United F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 75th minute, Afonso Esteves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Máximo Coelho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Caramanchão United F.C.'s zone, Júlio Matias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Micael Lucena came out of the goal and Júlio Matias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When SC Travancela's Júlio Matias in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Caramanchão United F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Caramanchão United F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Baybars Okbudun scored to the left of an out of position Micael Lucena, making the score, 1-10. SC Travancela's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.