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Marmelete
Spectators: 6641 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1641, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when José Carneiro kicked off to start the match. 7 minutes into the game, Funchalenses's David Dias nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Basílio Abreu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Basílio Abreu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Funchalenses's José Carneiro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Basílio Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Carneiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 minutes of play, Funchalenses's Afonso Morais made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Basílio Abreu was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Dragões Espada FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Luís Barros hit a great ball. If David Dias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Dragões Espada FC's Luís Barros got a free kick in the 37th minute. Basílio Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Carneiro in the 42nd minute of play. Basílio Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Paulo Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Budac in the 45th minute of play. David Dias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for George Budac to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that George Budac's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulo Andrade was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Basílio Abreu made an important save on a dangerous shot by José Carneiro in the 57th minute. João Fonseca hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. The supporters of Dragões Espada FC booed when Funchalenses was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vicente Aleixo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Basílio Abreu made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when David Dias sent off a good shot on target. José Carneiros short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Basílio Abreu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Afonso Morais managed to get in a good position for a shot. Funchalenses's supporters rose to their feet, but Afonso Morais was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Basílio Abreu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If José Carneiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Basílio Abreu made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when José Carneiro sent off a good shot on target. Funchalenses played a much better game than Dragões Espada FC and deserved their victory. The Dragões Espada FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.