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UP! Essencia FC
Spectators: 7751 (Terracing: 5815, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Raí de Amorim got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Raí de Amorim notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of UP! Essencia FC's Cacá Arruda. Cacá Arruda was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cacá Arruda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filippo Tundo in the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th match minute, UP! Essencia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arlindo Ferreira to maneuver through the defense. Cacá Arruda came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Rose Gold FC's Rafael Schmidt. But to his dismay, Rafael Schmidt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Washington Sabóia lost his temper 22 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in UP! Essencia FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 22nd minute. Penalty! After 24 minutes of play, Rose Gold FC's Antônio Galvão made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cacá Arruda was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Schmidt in the 30th minute of play forced UP! Essencia FC's goalkeeper Cacá Arruda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erik Montenegro hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. UP! Essencia FC's Cacá Arruda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filippo Tundo in the 38th minute of play. Cacá Arruda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raí de Amorim in the 40th minute of the match. After 42 minutes of play, UP! Essencia FC's Vito Velasco made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oséias Vidal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cacá Arruda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raí de Amorim, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vito Velasco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Adriano Simões kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After 65 minutes of play, Rose Gold FC's Raí de Amorim made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cacá Arruda was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oséias Vidal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arlindo Ferreira in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th match minute, Rose Gold FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Schmidt to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 2-4 when Vito Velasco sped through Rose Gold FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Oséias Vidal. Vito Velasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 83rd minute Vito Velasco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oséias Vidal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vito Velasco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Oséias Vidal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85thth minute of the game Vito Velasco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rose Gold FC's Oséias Vidal was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rose Gold FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.