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Largo 13 de Maio
Spectators: 7698 (Terracing: 5775, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cipriano Hermes made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 minutes, Wincent Pawlik mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santo Amaro AC and the Legend™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Wincent Pawlik kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Alan Munhoz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Santo Amaro AC's Hudson Arósio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Legend™'s Alan Munhoz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hudson Arósio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alan Munhoz in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hudson Arósio saved Santo Amaro AC from getting behind. Alan Munhoz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hudson Arósio having to make a save. Hudson Arósio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alan Munhoz in the 12th minute of play. Wincent Pawlik was shown his second yellow card after 17 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 17th match minute, Santo Amaro AC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wincent Pawlik to maneuver through the defense. Alan Munhoz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hudson Arósio having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, Legend™'s Alan Munhoz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hudson Arósio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Alan Munhoz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute Ciro de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hudson Arósio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alan Munhoz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 32 minutes into the game, Ernani Martins was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santo Amaro AC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Legend™ the free kick. After 32 played minutes Santo Amaro AC got a freekick which was hit by Ernani Martins. Alan Munhoz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hudson Arósio having to make a save. Alan Munhoz took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hudson Arósio. Hudson Arósio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Hudson Arósio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alan Munhoz in the 38th minute of the match. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santo Amaro AC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lucho Gonzales was slow to take the kick. During this time Legend™'s players had a chance to rest. Lucho Gonzales made a great header on Legend™'s corner, it was just that Santo Amaro AC's Hudson Arósio managed to reach the ball for a save. Alan Munhoz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hudson Arósio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. When the match clock showed 43 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Alan Munhoz sped through Santo Amaro AC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hudson Arósio.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alan Munhoz made a kick off. Hudson Arósio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alan Munhoz's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. In the 54th minute, Eduard Polozov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Santo Amaro AC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Hudson Arósio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shen Kuan Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Alan Munhoz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hudson Arósio having to make a save. If Namık Kemal Ünveren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hudson Arósio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alan Munhoz's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santo Amaro AC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lucho Gonzales was slow to take the kick. During this time Legend™'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Alan Munhoz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hudson Arósio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Santo Amaro AC's Hudson Arósio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shen Kuan Wei in the 70th minute of play. Eduard Polozov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elias Ortiz having to interfere. Alan Munhoz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 75th minute, Alan Munhoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute, Legend™'s Shen Kuan Wei ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Hudson Arósio. Hudson Arósio yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. With an all-out effort, Legend™'s Hudson Arósio threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alan Munhoz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alan Munhoz in the 89th minute of play forced Santo Amaro AC's goalkeeper Hudson Arósio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Alan Munhoz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hudson Arósio was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santo Amaro AC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lucho Gonzales was slow to take the kick. During this time Legend™'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Lucho Gonzales got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hudson Arósio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Legend™'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.