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POTREIRÃO
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Toni Mauzer took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ilija Skugor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Drewitz in the 4th minute of the match. Almantas Plungys fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Sebastian Drewitz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ilija Skugor. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Beto dos Santos's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 15thth minute, Ilija Skugor skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Galo do Cerrado's Beto dos Santos. But to his dismay, Beto dos Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Almantas Plungys succeeded in the game's 21st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Almantas Plungys took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Ilija Skugor to make any attempt to save it. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Beto dos Santos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Severino Novaes got free with Ilija Skugor in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ilija Skugor stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Beto dos Santos's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. An unexpected shot in the 34th minute by Severino Novaes got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Beto dos Santos sent off a good shot on target. 36 minutes into the match, Severino Novaes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Severino Novaes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Beto dos Santos in the 39th minute. Beto dos Santos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 7-0 in the 41st playminute. Sebastian Drewitz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute, Severino Novaes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Galo do Cerrado fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 8-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Beto dos Santos was the one to do the kick off. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Almantas Plungys in the 56th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Beto dos Santos came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Galo do Cerrado's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Severino Novaes in the 60th minute. Beto dos Santos was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 63 minutes into the match, Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Beto dos Santos came free, but Ilija Skugor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Galo do Cerrado's Severino Novaes. But to his dismay, Severino Novaes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. Almantas Plungys hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beto dos Santos in the 72nd minute of play. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evelio Peli in the 74th minute of play. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Almantas Plungys, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evelio Peli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Galo do Cerrado's Beto dos Santos. But to his dismay, Beto dos Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 12-0. Almantas Plungys took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 13-0. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 14-0 when Beto dos Santos sped through Croatia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Almantas Plungys managed to get in a good position for a shot. Galo do Cerrado's supporters rose to their feet, but Almantas Plungys was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilija Skugor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sebastian Drewitz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Galo do Cerrado had played much better football throughout.