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Portuguese upset in Willis final

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Portuguese Club's invincibility in the second tier of Jersey football was ended by First Tower in the Willis Cup final on Tuesday night at Springfield.

Tower beat the runaway Championship leaders 4-3 after extra time.

Kirean Lester got Tower's winner with five minutes left of extra time in a thrilling match which saw Portuguese come back from behind twice.

Tower were 2-0 up in normal time and 3-2 ahead early in extra time but Portuguese could not overhaul them.

Stewart Daynes opened the scoring after 36 minutes for Tower and doubled the lead two minutes after half time.

But just two minutes after that Artur Calaca got one back for Portuguese and Richard Russell got the equalised with eight minutes left.

Aaron Vetier headed in for Tower to make it 3-2 in the fourth minute of extra time but it once again took Portuguese just two minutes to strike back as Manny Fernandes made it 3-3 before Lester sealed the win.



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