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UP! Essencia FC
Spectators: 7787 (Terracing: 5841, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fernandinho Rodrigues kicked off to start the match. Matías Domingues took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardinho Dantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cacá Arruda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernandinho Rodrigues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felippe Fonseca in the 12th minute of play forced BlacK & BlueS's goalkeeper Matías Domingues to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernandinho Rodrigues in the 16th minute of play forced UP! Essencia FC's goalkeeper Cacá Arruda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Tostão Céleste made a precise shot to the right of Cacá Arruda. UP! Essencia FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernandinho Rodrigues in the 26th minute of play forced UP! Essencia FC's goalkeeper Cacá Arruda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tostão Céleste in the 27th minute of play forced UP! Essencia FC's goalkeeper Cacá Arruda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. BlacK & BlueS's Matías Domingues proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save BlacK & BlueS from getting a goal against them. In the 29th minute Tostão Céleste shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cacá Arruda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matías Domingues showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardinho Dantas, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute Tostão Céleste shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cacá Arruda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Natã Dias lost his temper 41 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to BlacK & BlueS getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Natã Dias hit a great ball. Cacá Arruda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tostão Céleste, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vito Velasco was the one to do the kick off. Matías Domingues made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Velasco in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th minute of the match UP! Essencia FC got a corner. BlacK & BlueS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adriano Simões ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tostão Céleste in the 57th minute of play forced UP! Essencia FC's goalkeeper Cacá Arruda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matías Domingues showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felippe Fonseca in the 62nd minute of the match. UP! Essencia FC's Cacá Arruda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save UP! Essencia FC from getting a goal against them. In the 65th minute, Lauro Faria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Zé Augusto do Nascimento managed to get in a good position for a shot. BlacK & BlueS's supporters rose to their feet, but Zé Augusto do Nascimento was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cacá Arruda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tostão Céleste fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cacá Arruda having to interfere. The supporters of BlacK & BlueS booed when UP! Essencia FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vito Velasco didn't get a good kick on the ball. 73 minutes into the match, BlacK & BlueS's Tostão Céleste sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cacá Arruda narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by UP! Essencia FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tostão Céleste was slow to take the kick. During this time BlacK & BlueS's players had a chance to rest. Tostão Céleste made a great header on BlacK & BlueS's corner, it was just that UP! Essencia FC's Cacá Arruda managed to reach the ball for a save. Cacá Arruda made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tostão Céleste in the 86th minute. Tostão Céleste recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 90th minute Tostão Céleste shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cacá Arruda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, UP! Essencia FC's Cacá Arruda got control of the ball when Gabriel Severo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, UP! Essencia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tostão Céleste came free, but Cacá Arruda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Vito Velasco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matías Domingues was relentless in the 97th minute of the game.