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Russe Arena
Spectators: 7751 (Terracing: 5815, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cipriano Duarte kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Russe Athletic's Patrick Meira got a free kick in the 2nd minute. With his leg Diamantino Nunes managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Russe Athletic's Cipriano Duarte fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Russe Athletic's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guto Leão in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Russe Athletic's corner Guto Leão fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Diamantino Nunes quite easily take care of the ball. After 18 minutes of play, Chester Bennington's Rubinho Bertassi made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eurico de Godoi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Russe Athletic's Eurico de Godoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haroldo Coelho in the 22nd minute of play. Eurico de Godoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Haroldo Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Eurico de Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sérgio da Silva in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Patrick Meira fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Russe Athletic's Eurico de Godoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theo Machado in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubinho Bertassi in the 34th minute of play forced Russe Athletic's goalkeeper Eurico de Godoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diamantino Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Glauco Valadares in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theo Machado in the 38th minute of play forced Russe Athletic's goalkeeper Eurico de Godoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theo Machado in the 38th minute of play forced Russe Athletic's goalkeeper Eurico de Godoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chester Bennington's Theo Machado managed to work through Russe Athletic's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Theo Machado dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Eurico de Godoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jack-Peter Grealish, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Sérgio da Silva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eurico de Godoi having to interfere. Glauco Valadares recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 46 minutes into the match, Chester Bennington's goalkeeper Diamantino Nunes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cipriano Duarte.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jack-Peter Grealish was the one to do the kick off. A hard shot 54 in the game by Theo Machado from a close distance when the talented Eurico de Godoi managed to make a qualified save. Russe Athletic's players were relieved. Eurico de Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack-Peter Grealish in the 56th minute of the match. Russe Athletic's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Rubinho Bertassi scored to the left of an out of position Eurico de Godoi, making the score, 0-2. In the 64th minute, Jack-Peter Grealish got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Russe Athletic's Bruninho Macedo got a free kick in the 67th minute. After some careless play in the Russe Athletic defense, Theo Machado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eurico de Godoi. The Russe Athletic fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eurico de Godoi should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Theo Machado got free with Eurico de Godoi in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd minute Chester Bennington were awarded a corner. Sérgio da Silva went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Sérgio da Silva almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Russe Athletic's Eurico de Godoi did a great save. Sérgio da Silva was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 87th minute. Chester Bennington's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Sérgio da Silva in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Eurico de Godoi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 91 played minutes Russe Athletic got a freekick which was hit by Cipriano Duarte. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Theo Machado took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Eurico de Godoi to make any attempt to save it. 96 minutes into the game, Chester Bennington's Theo Machado nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eurico de Godoi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. The Russe Athletic supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Chester Bennington's performance. The match ended with a win for Chester Bennington.