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Estádio Cidade Dutra
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5821, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 150) Sprite Star Football's Monge Mong got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sprite Star Football's goalkeeper Fabrício Falcão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 8 minutes Dragons EC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lúcio Abraão who took care of the corner kick. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sprite Star Football's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Angelo Quadros was slow to take the kick. During this time Dragons EC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Angelo Quadros got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fabrício Falcão quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anatoliy Lobanov got free with Fabrício Falcão in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After taking down the ball on Dragons EC's corner Angelo Quadros fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fabrício Falcão quite easily take care of the ball. Dito Velloso kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. 22 minutes into the game, Oséas Freire cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Casper Huygens was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fabrício Falcão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Queirós in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monge Mong in the 27th minute of play forced Dragons EC's goalkeeper Casper Huygens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 28 played minutes Sprite Star Football got a freekick which was hit by Percy de Queiroz. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Conrado Queirós sped through Sprite Star Football's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fabrício Falcão. Sprite Star Football's Fabrício Falcão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Queirós in the 35th minute of play. Casper Huygens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oséas Freire, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Fabrício Falcão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Queirós in the 39th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Conrado Queirós made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Nilson Bastos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 57 minutes, Monge Mong managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sprite Star Football's supporters crossed their fingers, but Monge Mong was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dragons EC's Casper Huygens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oséas Freire in the 68th minute of play. Casper Huygens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oséas Freire, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 73 minutes into the match, Sprite Star Football's goal looked a bit too open when Conrado Queirós came free, but Fabrício Falcão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oséas Freire scored 2-2 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Casper Huygens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 84th match minute, Sprite Star Football was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adan Orlin to maneuver through the defense. Conrado Queirós struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Fabrício Falcão didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dragons EC. Conrado Queirós received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Fabrício Falcão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sprite Star Football's Daniel Montenegro was substituted for Monge Mong. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oséas Freire in the 95th minute of play forced Dragons EC's goalkeeper Casper Huygens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manoel Pitta charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manoel Pitta the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Sprite Star Football booed when Dragons EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manoel Pitta didn't get a good kick on the ball. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.