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Paula Tejando
Spectators: 7231 (Terracing: 5425, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. João Paulo Arósio started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Nicolas Velasco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jiang Xing Xu was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Kléberson Linhares. Drogaria Esperança FC.'s Jiang Xing Xu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Drogaria Esperança FC. from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Drogaria Esperança FC.'s Jiang Xing Xu got control of the ball when Laércio Sousa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Laércio Sousa succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 15th playminute. A hard shot 19 in the game by Laércio Sousa from a close distance when the talented Jiang Xing Xu managed to make a qualified save. Drogaria Esperança FC.'s players were relieved. The supporters of Paula Tejando FC booed when Drogaria Esperança FC. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Haroldo Vargas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Drogaria Esperança FC.'s attentive Arnaldo Arruda managed to snatch the ball when Guilherme Pirani made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valdir Braga made a kick off. Jiang Xing Xu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdir Braga, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Nicolas Velasco hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Valdir Braga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jiang Xing Xu was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. In the 56th minute, Laércio Sousa made a precise shot to the right of Jiang Xing Xu. Drogaria Esperança FC.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. A sloppy throw-in by Guilherme Pirani in the 60th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Drogaria Esperança FC.'s Arnaldo Arruda. When João Paulo Arósio fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Drogaria Esperança FC.'s protests and gave João Paulo Arósio a yellow card for diving instead. João Paulo Arósio kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Valdir Braga notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Drogaria Esperança FC.'s Jiang Xing Xu. Jiang Xing Xu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jiang Xing Xu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio Sousa in the 80th minute of the match. If Arnaldo Arruda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Adalberto Messias fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paula Tejando FC's protests and gave Adalberto Messias a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Paula Tejando FC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Adalberto Messias hit a great ball. João Paulo Arósio fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 95th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. 97 minutes into the match, Drogaria Esperança FC.'s goal looked a bit too open when Adalberto Messias came free, but Jiang Xing Xu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Paula Tejando FC support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.