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Spectators: 7733 (Terracing: 5801, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tiago Vander made the kick off which started today's match. Cássio Sarmento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Paulo Trancoso in the 7th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Dragões de Campo Grande's goal looked a bit too open when Tiago Vander came free, but Ricardinho Moreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rony Dionísio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Ricardinho Moreira made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Dragões de Campo Grande's Gandalf Bilbo got a free kick in the 12th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damazy Burufski got free with Ricardinho Moreira in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ricardinho Moreira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiago Vander in the 23rd minute of play. Ricardinho Moreira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rony Dionísio in the 24th minute. After a rather tough play, Dragões de Campo Grande's Gandalf Bilbo got a free kick in the 30th minute. After 31 played minutes Dragões de Campo Grande got a freekick which was hit by Zé Paulo Trancoso. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiago Vander in the 32nd minute of play forced Dragões de Campo Grande's goalkeeper Ricardinho Moreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gandalf Bilbo in the 35th minute of play forced Especialista FC's goalkeeper Cássio Sarmento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Dragões de Campo Grande's Gandalf Bilbo got a free kick in the 39th minute. Ricardinho Moreira was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tiago Vander showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 43 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benedito Coelho got free with Ricardinho Moreira in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

After 51 played minutes Especialista FC got a freekick which was hit by Rony Dionísio. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Zé Paulo Trancoso managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dragões de Campo Grande's supporters rose to their feet, but Zé Paulo Trancoso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cássio Sarmento breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 54 minutes into the game, Claudinei Queirós was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dragões de Campo Grande's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Especialista FC the free kick. In the 56th minute, Leopold Teurfs made a precise shot to the right of Ricardinho Moreira. Dragões de Campo Grande's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After 59 played minutes Dragões de Campo Grande got a freekick which was hit by Valdir Teixeira. In the 60th minute of the match Damazy Burufski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardinho Moreira showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ricardinho Moreira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedito Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The supporters of Especialista FC booed when Dragões de Campo Grande was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Vianna didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute Tiago Vander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardinho Moreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute Zé Paulo Trancoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cássio Sarmento saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ricardinho Moreira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedito Coelho in the 78th minute of the match. Ricardinho Moreira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiago Vander in the 83rd minute of play. Ricardinho Moreira came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Especialista FC's Rony Dionísio. But to his dismay, Rony Dionísio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Cássio Sarmento made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Paulo Trancoso in the 88th minute of play. Ricardinho Moreira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedito Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 93rd minute Benedito Coelho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardinho Moreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Especialista FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.