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Arena Castelão
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dadá Fernandes made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute of the match 赵兴昂 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Reginaldo Amaral skillfully saved the ball. Reginaldo Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Paulo Maia in the 9th minute of play. After some careless play in the Real Alvinegro FC defense, Dadá Fernandes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Reginaldo Amaral. The Real Alvinegro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Reginaldo Amaral should have stopped the shot. Acácio Neves hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind VAXCO 777's goalkeeper Faustão de Alcântara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Real Alvinegro FC's zone, Dadá Fernandes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Reginaldo Amaral came out of the goal and Dadá Fernandes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 24th match minute, Real Alvinegro FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamílton de Moraes to maneuver through the defense. Faustão de Alcântara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomé Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Benjamin Barreto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Reginaldo Amaral. Real Alvinegro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benjamin Barreto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. If Dadá Fernandes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, VAXCO 777's Ernani Linhares got a free kick in the 37th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Real Alvinegro FC's Tomé Silva slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Faustão de Alcântara. That made the score 1-2 after 38 minutes of play. Dadá Fernandes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomé Silva made a kick off. A collision led to Real Alvinegro FC getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Armandinho Marques hit a great ball. Dadá Fernandes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Reginaldo Amaral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Reginaldo Amaral made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dadá Fernandes in the 58th minute. Dadá Fernandes received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Reginaldo Amaral came out and tried to block the shot, but Dadá Fernandes slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 63rd minute. With a little luck, Real Alvinegro FC's Reginaldo Amaral got control of the ball when Dadá Fernandes tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Armandinho Marques fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Real Alvinegro FC's protests and gave Armandinho Marques a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Real Alvinegro FC's Armandinho Marques got a free kick in the 72nd minute. When Reynaldo Sampaio came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Real Alvinegro FC 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 Reynaldo Sampaio couldn't finish the play. After 95 played minutes Real Alvinegro FC got a freekick which was hit by Vinícius Loyola. In the 99th minute, Zé Paulo Maia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Reginaldo Amaral was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5.