Estádio Pirara
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ahmet Efe Suheyl started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guga Trancoso in the 4th minute of play forced Real Juniors's goalkeeper Christian Carballo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmet Efe Suheyl blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Serginho Nogueira having to make a save. PIAUÍ FC's Serginho Nogueira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Efe Suheyl in the 6th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Baturhan Oytun got free with Christian Carballo in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Real Juniors booed when PIAUÍ FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guga Trancoso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Real Juniors's Denis Ilinca quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joaquim Ubiña, made in the 15th minute of the game. Roland Redondo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind PIAUÍ FC's goalkeeper Serginho Nogueira, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Richard Albuquerque fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PIAUÍ FC's protests and gave Richard Albuquerque a yellow card for diving instead. In the 25th minute, one of PIAUÍ FC: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 PIAUÍ FC. After 27 minutes PIAUÍ FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Claudio Cabrera who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Claudio Cabrera almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but PIAUÍ FC's Serginho Nogueira did a great save. Yonko Tarchev hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute, Guga Trancoso reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Christian Carballo. The goal made the score 1-0. The corner led Real Juniors's Claudio Cabrera to fire away a dangerous shot which Serginho Nogueira despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Roland Redondo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Serginho Nogueira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Efe Suheyl in the 41st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Yonko Tarchev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Juniors's supporters rose to their feet, but Yonko Tarchev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Serginho Nogueira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of PIAUÍ FC booed when Real Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Remigiusz Rydzyk didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Paulo Batista from long distance, 47 minutes into the match, got Christian Carballo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Baturhan Oytun was the one to do the kick off. Real Juniors's Claudio Cabrera quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joaquim Ubiña, made in the 51st minute of the game. In the 52nd minute, Yonko Tarchev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Guga Trancoso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Carballo was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. In the 55th minute, Claudio Cabrera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Real Juniors's Christian Carballo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guga Trancoso in the 56th minute of play. Christian Carballo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baturhan Oytun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute of the match PIAUÍ FC got a corner. Real Juniors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Demis Katsarolidis ran over to the corner to take the kick. Serginho Nogueira made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Ahmet Efe Suheyl sent off a good shot on target. 64 minutes into the match, Ahmet Efe Suheyl dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Serginho Nogueira, 1-1. Christian Carballo came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by PIAUÍ FC's Juninho Freitas. But to his dismay, Juninho Freitas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Juniors's goalkeeper Christian Carballo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in PIAUÍ FC's zone, Roland Redondo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Serginho Nogueira came out of the goal and Roland Redondo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. PIAUÍ FC made a substitution. Leonel Fero replaced Richard Albuquerque. PIAUÍ FC made a substitution. Víktor Santos replaced Renato Sá. Ahmet Efe Suheyl recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. PIAUÍ FC's Serginho Nogueira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Efe Suheyl in the 80th minute of play. In the 82ndth minute of the game Mete Gøl who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Juniors's Christian Carballo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The PIAUÍ FC fans' excitement grew in the 82nd match minute when PIAUÍ FC's Mete Gøl looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Real Juniors's Christian Carballo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baturhan Oytun in the 85th minute of play. Real Juniors's Christian Carballo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guga Trancoso in the 89th minute of play. Christian Carballo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mete Gøl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd match minute, PIAUÍ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquim Ubiña to maneuver through the defense. In the 95th minute Guga Trancoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Carballo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. PIAUÍ FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.
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