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Arena Ororubá
Spectators: 10849 (Terracing: 8138, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Benjamin da Fonseca got the match started through his kick off. Jeremias Orland stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marquinhos Santos's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. After 8 minutes Pesqueira City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Shi Xi Zhen who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on PREZULO FC's corner Albano Jaunzuria fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jeremias Orland quite easily take care of the ball. Pesqueira City were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after PREZULO FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Válbson Vidal took the corner. In the 12th match minute, Pesqueira City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Pedro Borges to maneuver through the defense. Benjamin da Fonseca took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jarbas Quadros. Jarbas Quadros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Jeremias Orland stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marquinhos Santos's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. 23 minutes into the match, Marquinhos Santos notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Pesqueira City's Jeremias Orland. Jeremias Orland was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. José Pedro Borges received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Jarbas Quadros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Pedro Borges in the 30th minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Jarbas Quadros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Pedro Borges in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jarbas Quadros saved PREZULO FC from getting behind. 36 minutes into the match, José Pedro Borges had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jarbas Quadros. PREZULO FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that José Pedro Borges was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marquinhos Santos was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Marquinhos Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jeremias Orland was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Santiago Eriksen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. PREZULO FC's Betão de Brito was substituted for Ferhat Sertuğ. Jeremias Orland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marquinhos Santos in the 67th minute of play. Jarbas Quadros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin da Fonseca in the 68th minute of play. In the 70th match minute, Pesqueira City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Cochrane to maneuver through the defense. Pesqueira City made a substitution. Doriva Zanette replaced Can Sadov. A collision led to Pesqueira City getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Thomas Cochrane hit a great ball. In the 74th minute Válbson Vidal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarbas Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, Válbson Vidal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pesqueira City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Jeremias Orland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaac Ferreira in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Shi Xi Zhen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benjamin da Fonseca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Jarbas Quadros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pesqueira City's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.