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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Anaia Barba started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Estevão Reis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Guga Tavares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel de Lara in the 9th minute of play forced ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's goalkeeper Egun Zapico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edson Recife in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Egun Zapico saved ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ from getting behind. In the 12th minute of the match Mexilhão F. C. got a corner. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Anaia Barba ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mexilhão F. C.'s Anaia Barba was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Egun Zapico in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Egun Zapico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serafino Herena in the 16th minute of play. 22 minutes into the game, ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Estevão Reis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Guga Tavares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Mexilhão F. C.'s Guga Tavares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Estevão Reis in the 27th minute of play. 29 minutes into the game, ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Estevão Reis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Guga Tavares made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldinho Romero in the 33rd minute of play forced ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's goalkeeper Egun Zapico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexilhão F. C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erkan Fişek was slow to take the kick. During this time ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's players had a chance to rest. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexilhão F. C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erkan Fişek was slow to take the kick. During this time ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's corner Şeray İhtiyar fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Guga Tavares quite easily take care of the ball. In the 46th minute Anaia Barba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egun Zapico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Estevão Reis to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexilhão F. C.'s goalkeeper Guga Tavares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Guga Tavares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Estevão Reis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 55 minutes into the match, Estevão Reis notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Mexilhão F. C.'s Guga Tavares. Guga Tavares was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mexilhão F. C.'s Guga Tavares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Estevão Reis in the 63rd minute of play. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Burak Orkan was substituted for Boğaç Çelikoz. In the 65th minute of the match ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ got a corner. Mexilhão F. C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Erkan Fişek ran over to the corner to take the kick. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Ronaldo Messi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Guga Tavares in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 67 minutes, Arthur dos Santos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexilhão F. C. and the ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 67th match minute, Mexilhão F. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arthur dos Santos to maneuver through the defense. Guga Tavares didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Egun Zapico played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel de Lara in the 73rd minute of play. In the 74th minute Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guga Tavares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexilhão F. C.'s goalkeeper Guga Tavares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ made a substitution. Bora Oyum replaced Erkan Fişek. In the 77th minute ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ were awarded a corner. Burak Orkan went to the cornerflag to take it. Mateusz Gabis was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After some careless play in the Mexilhão F. C. defense, Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Guga Tavares. The Mexilhão F. C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Guga Tavares should have stopped the shot. Guga Tavares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan in the 85th minute of the match. Guga Tavares came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan. But to his dismay, Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Guga Tavares. Guga Tavares 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. Mexilhão F. C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.