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Arena Da Zimba
Spectators: 9175 (Terracing: 6883, Seating: 2110, VIP seats: 182) Nathaniel Burnett started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Fluminense Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Nathaniel Burnett came free, but Luiz Guilherme Matos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Imbituba - FSCMZ were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after Fluminense Football Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pedro Luís Fonseca took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Pedro Luís Fonseca got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luiz Guilherme Matos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nathaniel Burnett in the 9th minute of play forced Fluminense Football Club's goalkeeper Luiz Guilherme Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Nathaniel Burnett had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Through an outstanding action, after 10 minutes, Luiz Guilherme Matos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. César Ceresso made in the 13th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tarcisio Bittencourt. Luiz Guilherme Matos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nathaniel Burnett in the 15th minute of the match. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fluminense Football Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pedro Luís Fonseca was slow to take the kick. During this time Imbituba - FSCMZ's players had a chance to rest. 17 minutes into the match, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Nathaniel Burnett sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luiz Guilherme Matos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Fluminense Football Club getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. César Ceresso hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nathaniel Burnett got free with Luiz Guilherme Matos in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 22 minutes of play, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Nathaniel Burnett made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luiz Guilherme Matos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luiz Guilherme Matos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nathaniel Burnett's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. Nathaniel Burnett blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luiz Guilherme Matos having to make a save. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Fluminense Football Club's goalkeeper Luiz Guilherme Matos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 32 minutes into the game, Nathaniel Burnett recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Luiz Guilherme Matos. Nathaniel Burnett showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. 34 minutes into the match, Nathaniel Burnett had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luiz Guilherme Matos. Fluminense Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nathaniel Burnett was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. With a little luck, Fluminense Football Club's Luiz Guilherme Matos got control of the ball when Nathaniel Burnett tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nathaniel Burnett sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tarcisio Bittencourt to strike the kick off in the second half. Rogério da Silva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Luiz Guilherme Matos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nathaniel Burnett received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Luiz Guilherme Matos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 56 minutes into the game, Imbituba - FSCMZ's Nathaniel Burnett nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luiz Guilherme Matos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. In the 65th minute, Nathaniel Burnett ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luiz Guilherme Matos was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Imbituba - FSCMZ made a substitution. Ersan Ergüleç replaced Nathaniel Burnett. Pedro Luís Fonseca took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 74th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luiz Guilherme Matos. Fluminense Football Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Válbson Pimenta took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luiz Guilherme Matos. Luiz Guilherme Matos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. Imbituba - FSCMZ made a substitution. Ademar de Mendonça replaced Armandinho Loyola. Imbituba - FSCMZ's Sidney Motta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Imbituba - FSCMZ from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogério da Silva in the 83rd minute of play forced Fluminense Football Club's goalkeeper Luiz Guilherme Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute, Válbson Pimenta ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luiz Guilherme Matos was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-0. Greg Drysdale took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 90th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luiz Guilherme Matos. Fluminense Football Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Válbson Pimenta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luiz Guilherme Matos having to make a save. There was no doubt that Imbituba - FSCMZ were the better team. Imbituba - FSCMZ's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.