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Estádio Engenhoca
Spectators: 5003 (Terracing: 4001, Seating: 1001, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Haroldo Ramos made the kick off which started today's match. Alfredão da Silveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Haroldo Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. When Tiaguinho Arósio came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Desempenho 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 Tiaguinho Arósio couldn't finish the play. In the 9th play minute Jaime de Lara came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Alfredão da Silveira. 1-0. In the 12th minute, Giannis Stefanopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 15 minutes into the game, William Lopes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AC Poker's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Desempenho the free kick. In the 15th minute, one of AC Poker:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AC Poker. AC Poker's Manoel Paraibano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yu Xi Fei in the 19th minute of play. With a little luck, Desempenho's Alfredão da Silveira got control of the ball when Jaime de Lara tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Desempenho's Robinho Hames in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AC Poker's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agenor Mendes in the 25th minute of play forced Desempenho's goalkeeper Alfredão da Silveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredão da Silveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haroldo Ramos in the 27th minute of play. After some careless play in the Desempenho defense, Jaime de Lara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfredão da Silveira. The Desempenho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfredão da Silveira should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Desempenho's Telmo Borges got a free kick in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, AC Poker's Ismael Braga sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alfredão da Silveira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Desempenho's Alfredão da Silveira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Desempenho from getting a goal against them.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yu Xi Fei stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alfredão da Silveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime de Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Franklin Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manoel Paraibano having to interfere. After some careless play in the Desempenho defense, Jaime de Lara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfredão da Silveira. The Desempenho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfredão da Silveira should have stopped the shot. Alfredão da Silveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime de Lara in the 67th minute of play. The supporters of AC Poker booed when Desempenho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giannis Stefanopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of AC Poker booed when Desempenho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giannis Stefanopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manoel Paraibano made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Yu Xi Fei sent off a good shot on target. Manoel Paraibano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robinho Hames in the 84th minute of play. In the 93rd minute Haroldo Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredão da Silveira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Desempenho's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime de Lara came free, but Alfredão da Silveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There was no doubt that AC Poker were the better team. AC Poker's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.