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Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 10924 (Terracing: 8194, Seating: 2512, VIP seats: 218) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cai Yuan Yuan made the kick off which started today's match. Paulo Valadão recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nicolás Tauber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zoltán Tálas in the 8th minute of play. Zoltán Tálas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Cai Yuan Yuan managed to get in a good position for a shot. MZ Fénix's supporters rose to their feet, but Cai Yuan Yuan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leal Simões breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leal Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 19th minute of the match. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by KINGS FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aras Görkem Kaymaz was slow to take the kick. During this time MZ Fénix's players had a chance to rest. Ivan Nyberg made a great header on MZ Fénix's corner, it was just that KINGS FC's Leal Simões managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 29th minute Cai Yuan Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leal Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolás Tauber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jānis Blūms in the 33rd minute of play. After 36 played minutes Cai Yuan Yuan rounded KINGS FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. MZ Fénix's Nicolás Tauber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jānis Blūms in the 39th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in KINGS FC's zone, Cai Yuan Yuan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leal Simões came out of the goal and Cai Yuan Yuan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The supporters of MZ Fénix booed when KINGS FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jānis Blūms didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 57 minutes, Cai Yuan Yuan made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. KINGS FC's Leal Simões tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. KINGS FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Otto Sosa in the 61st minute. After taking down the ball on KINGS FC's corner Otto Sosa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nicolás Tauber quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 63rd minute of play forced KINGS FC's goalkeeper Leal Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolás Tauber made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zoltán Tálas in the 66th minute. Cai Yuan Yuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Leal Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. KINGS FC made a substitution. Cássio Calçada replaced Jānis Blūms. MZ Fénix made a substitution. Lázaro Ramalho replaced Vladimiro Granja. The supporters of MZ Fénix booed when KINGS FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Otto Sosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leal Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adalberto Viegas in the 83rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Adalberto Viegas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leal Simões was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 85th minute Adalberto Viegas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leal Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. KINGS FC's Leal Simões played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adalberto Viegas in the 89th minute of play. Leal Simões took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adalberto Viegas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute, Otto Sosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Many of KINGS FC's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. KINGS FC may have spent more time on the ball, but MZ Fénix were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.