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Estadio Croca
Spectators: 6673 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 10) Gabriel Garcez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomé Simões in the 3rd minute of play. Croca's Belchior Resende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reginaldo Castanheira in the 6th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leal Lima in the 8th minute of play forced Croca's goalkeeper Belchior Resende to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpected shot in the 12th minute by Tomé Simões got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. When Daniel Frois came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Croca 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 Daniel Frois couldn't finish the play. Gabriel Garcez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomé Simões's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. In the 19th play minute Daniel Frois came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Gabriel Garcez. 1-0. 23 minutes into the match, Glorioso's goalkeeper Gabriel Garcez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Frois. Leal Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Belchior Resende tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the match, Glorioso's goalkeeper Gabriel Garcez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Frois. After 28 minutes of play, Croca's Daniel Frois made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gabriel Garcez was left in no man's land by his defense there! Belchior Resende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leal Lima in the 32nd minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomé Simões was the one to do the kick off. Gabriel Garcez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Frois, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Reginaldo Castanheira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomé Simões fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Garcez having to interfere. Reginaldo Castanheira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Belchior Resende tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filinto Pimenta kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Reginaldo Castanheira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Belchior Resende having to interfere. Leal Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Belchior Resende tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leal Lima scored 3-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Belchior Resende, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 84 minutes into the match, Glorioso's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Frois came free, but Gabriel Garcez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, Leal Lima made a precise shot to the right of Belchior Resende. Croca's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Leal Lima who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 95thth minute tested the skills of Belchior Resende when he managed to save the team from getting behind. For all the effort they put into the match, the Glorioso players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Croca.