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Match Report
Xaxim
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25,
Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Fellipe Britto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Luiz Alcântara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Nilmar Souza fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Xaxim's protests and gave Nilmar Souza a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Xaxim's Nilmar Souza got a free kick in the 11th minute. A collision led to Xaxim getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Róbson Melo hit a great ball. 18 minutes into the game, Válter Moura was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xaxim's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Altair the free kick. A collision led to Xaxim getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Válter Moura hit a great ball. In the 19th minute, Pedro Luiz Alcântara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Altair fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Altair's Pedro Luiz Alcântara got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Altair's Manoel Baptista got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 31st minute, Róbson Melo sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Altair's Fabrício Branco didn't even have to move. Artur Mattos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fellipe Britto in the 35th minute of the match. Artur Mattos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fellipe Britto in the 36th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the game, Altair's Fellipe Britto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artur Mattos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 39th minute, Giuseppe Neves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pedro Luiz Alcântara was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Xaxim's goalkeeper Artur Mattos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fellipe Britto. The audience was convinced that Pedro Luiz Alcântara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artur Mattos was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Waldemar Fonseca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Fabrício Branco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Clóvis Monteiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabrício Branco was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. With a little luck, Xaxim's Artur Mattos got control of the ball when Pedro Luiz Alcântara tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Altair fans' excitement grew in the 74th match minute when Altair's Fellipe Britto 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 1-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Vitinho Garcia hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Artur Mattos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Luiz Alcântara's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute, Clóvis Monteiro 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. The Altair supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Altair would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.
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