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Estádio Aracatiara
Spectators: 7668 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Frank Donato made the kick off which started today's match. Frank Donato received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. José Paulo Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frank Donato might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Paulo Couto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Donato ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Kids Graça's José Paulo Couto got control of the ball when Frank Donato tried to sneak it across the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Kids Graça's goalkeeper José Paulo Couto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abel de Senna. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Donato got free with José Paulo Couto in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kids Graça's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Frank Donato scored to the left of an out of position José Paulo Couto, making the score, 1-0. In the 25th minute, Aracatiara EC's Abel de Senna dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Frank Donato put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of José Paulo Couto. Abel de Senna recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Aracatiara EC's Sylwester Dziuma got a free kick in the 37th minute. A hard shot by Abel de Senna from long distance, 45 minutes into the match, got José Paulo Couto's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. José Paulo Couto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oséias Brasil in the 48th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nildo da Rocha was the one to do the kick off. Abel de Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aracatiara EC's Dário de Godoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delfim Velasco in the 53rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Aracatiara EC's Oséias Brasil got a free kick in the 53rd minute. After some careless play in the Kids Graça defense, Abel de Senna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Paulo Couto. The Kids Graça fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Paulo Couto should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by César Vergílio in the 61st minute of play forced Kids Graça's goalkeeper José Paulo Couto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute, Aaron Shepherd ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Paulo Couto was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Aracatiara EC's Artur Donato was substituted for César Vergílio. In the 67th minute, Aaron Shepherd made a precise shot to the right of José Paulo Couto. Kids Graça's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. 71 minutes into the match, Aaron Shepherd notched a goal, 9-0, to the right of Kids Graça's José Paulo Couto. José Paulo Couto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nilton da Silva during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Aracatiara EC's Abel de Senna got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 79 minutes into the match, Kids Graça's goal looked a bit too open when Abel de Senna came free, but José Paulo Couto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Paulo Couto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Shepherd in the 81st minute of the match. Kids Graça's José Paulo Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel de Senna in the 82nd minute of play. A collision led to Kids Graça getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Vânderson Prestes hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Pinheiro in the 86th minute of play forced Kids Graça's goalkeeper José Paulo Couto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonel Pinheiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. José Paulo Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 89 minutes of play, Aracatiara EC's Artur Donato made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Paulo Couto was left in no man's land by his defense there! José Paulo Couto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aaron Shepherd in the 93rd minute of play. Aracatiara EC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.