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Spectators: 8010 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romário Aparecido got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Risca Faca IMT defense, Eurico Viana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vitinho Sarmento. The Risca Faca IMT fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vitinho Sarmento should have stopped the shot. Vitinho Sarmento showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eurico Viana, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Vitinho Sarmento came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana. But to his dismay, Eurico Viana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 14th minute, Eurico Viana ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vitinho Sarmento was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 18th minute Ryan Giggs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitinho Sarmento saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomás Jacinto's late challenge caught a . SC Manhattan .'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomás Jacinto helped the player get up and apologised. Eurico Viana's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vitinho Sarmento read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Vitinho Sarmento came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana. But to his dismay, Eurico Viana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Eurico Viana struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Vitinho Sarmento didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for . SC Manhattan .. Paulo Renato Prestes struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Mazarópi Barros didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Risca Faca IMT. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eurico Viana in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vitinho Sarmento saved Risca Faca IMT from getting behind. Tomás Jacinto made in the 40th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Romário Aparecido however managed to control. 44 minutes into the game, Eurico Viana cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Vitinho Sarmento was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eurico Viana in the 47th minute of play forced Risca Faca IMT's goalkeeper Vitinho Sarmento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Risca Faca IMT players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. . SC Manhattan . were winning 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ryan Giggs was the one to do the kick off. 50 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo Azevedo came free, but Mazarópi Barros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Eurico Viana took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Vitinho Sarmento to make any attempt to save it. The crowd rose to their feet as Eurico Viana kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vitinho Sarmento. That made the score 0-8 in the 62 minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 68 minutes into the game, when Samuca Schmidt put in a rough tackle. After 68 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Risca Faca IMT! After 81 played minutes . SC Manhattan . got a freekick which was hit by Markus Münch. In the 82nd minute of the match Pedro Augusto Duarte sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mazarópi Barros skillfully saved the ball. After 83 played minutes Risca Faca IMT got a freekick which was hit by Tomás Jacinto. After having played for 96 minutes, Ryan Giggs managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Ryan Giggs was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match was over . SC Manhattan . could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Risca Faca IMT throughout the match.