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Arena Nexus
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benjamim Brito took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Lúcio Esteves came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Real Nexus C.F. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lúcio Esteves couldn't finish the play. After 5 minutes, Lúcio Esteves made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Aesthetics's Luís Fábio Vasconcelos tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Guto Guerra's late challenge caught a Real Nexus C.F.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guto Guerra helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, Aesthetics was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guto Guerra to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute, Aesthetics's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lúcio Esteves fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Luís Fábio Vasconcelos didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Real Nexus C.F.'s Benjamim Brito shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Ulisses Urbano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Fonseca in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Aesthetics's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Benjamim Brito fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Benjamim Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lúcio Esteves in the 33rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luís Fábio Vasconcelos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, Real Nexus C.F.'s Rafael Vianna got a free kick in the 36th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Magno Ortiz was the one to do the kick off. Lúcio Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Luís Fábio Vasconcelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aesthetics's Luís Fábio Vasconcelos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lúcio Esteves in the 59th minute of play. If Lúcio Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Benjamim Brito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Fábio Vasconcelos having to interfere. When Lúcio Esteves came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Real Nexus C.F. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lúcio Esteves couldn't finish the play. Real Nexus C.F.'s Lúcio Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lúcio Esteves took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luís Fábio Vasconcelos. Luís Fábio Vasconcelos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. Lúcio Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91st minute, Lúcio Esteves got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 92nd minute, Valdir Hoffmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lúcio Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Luís Fábio Vasconcelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Real Nexus C.F. had played much better football throughout.