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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Beto dos Santos kicked off to start the match. In the 8th minute, Beto dos Santos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexander Higgins was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. When Severino Novaes came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Galo do Cerrado fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Severino Novaes couldn't finish the play. After 13 played minutes Beto dos Santos rounded Scotland's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. Ashton Nelson hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Scotland's Alexander Higgins got control of the ball when Beto dos Santos tried to sneak it across the goal line. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Scotland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Severino Novaes was slow to take the kick. During this time Galo do Cerrado's players had a chance to rest. Severino Novaes made a great header on Galo do Cerrado's corner, it was just that Scotland's Alexander Higgins managed to reach the ball for a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Beto dos Santos in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alexander Higgins saved Scotland from getting behind. Alexander Higgins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Drewitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Sebastian Drewitz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Almantas Plungys who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 26thth minute tested the skills of Alexander Higgins when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 28 played minutes Scotland got a freekick which was hit by Fletcher Main. Beto dos Santos took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexander Higgins. Alexander Higgins dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. The audience was convinced that Beto dos Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alexander Higgins was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto dos Santos in the 35th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Galo do Cerrado's Beto dos Santos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alexander Higgins. Alexander Higgins yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 6-0. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Beto dos Santos took a quick shot and it went in 7-0 without a chance for Alexander Higgins to make any attempt to save it. Alexander Higgins was out of position in the 46 minute of play, and Almantas Plungys capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Almantas Plungys really showed his touch with that goal: 8-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 8-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Alexander Higgins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebastian Drewitz went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. The Galo do Cerrado fans' excitement grew in the 63rd match minute when Galo do Cerrado's Beto dos Santos 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 12-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Beto dos Santos put it in 13-0 from a short distance just to the right of Alexander Higgins. Galo do Cerrado's Jean-Yves Amand was substituted for Wesley Richard. In the 70th minute Beto dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexander Higgins saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexander Higgins stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Beto dos Santos's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Severino Novaes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexander Higgins having to interfere. Alexander Higgins stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Beto dos Santos's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evelio Peli in the 77th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Almantas Plungys ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexander Higgins was frozen by the shot and now it was 14-0. Alexander Higgins took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beto dos Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Scotland defense, Beto dos Santos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexander Higgins. The Scotland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexander Higgins should have stopped the shot. 86 minutes into the match, Evelio Peli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Higgins. Scotland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Evelio Peli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 16-0. After 89 minutes of play, Galo do Cerrado's Beto dos Santos made it 17-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alexander Higgins was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 93 minutes, Beto dos Santos made it 18-0 with a short kick to the right side. Scotland's Alexander Higgins tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. There was no doubt that Galo do Cerrado were the better team. Galo do Cerrado's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.