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Estádio MegApocalips
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Marcos Rodrigues made the kick off and thus started the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nereo Bento in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gianluigi Buffon saved Apocalipse FC from getting behind. Nico Alcântara charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nico Alcântara the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nico Alcântara hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. 10 minutes into the match, Arnaldo Messias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gianluigi Buffon. Apocalipse FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arnaldo Messias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Apocalipse FC's Marcos Rodrigues sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that André Luís Monteiro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Apocalipse FC were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after Zaca FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Marcos Rodrigues took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Marcos Rodrigues got away a dangerous shot. Despite this André Luís Monteiro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Luan Trigo hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Marcos Rodrigues could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but André Luís Monteiro made a huge save. In the 22nd minute, Cyprian Brudzisz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Nereo Bento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gianluigi Buffon was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. After having played for 30 minutes, Marcos Rodrigues managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Apocalipse FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcos Rodrigues was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dick Kråk in the 38th minute of play forced Apocalipse FC's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute Zaca FC were awarded a corner. Geraldo Peres went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Geraldo Peres got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gianluigi Buffon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geraldo Peres in the 42nd minute of play forced Apocalipse FC's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Jailson Sousa fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The Apocalipse FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Zaca FC were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Nereo Bento made the kick off in the second half. Dick Kråk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Gianluigi Buffon made a huge save. Luan Trigo hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Geraldo Peres managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zaca FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Geraldo Peres was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gianluigi Buffon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luan Trigo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Gianluigi Buffon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gianluigi Buffon didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Zaca FC's Nereo Bento shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Zaca FC were awarded a corner in the 84th minute after Apocalipse FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Geraldo Peres took the corner. With his leg Gianluigi Buffon managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when Zaca FC's Nereo Bento fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience was convinced that Marcos Rodrigues's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but André Luís Monteiro was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. In the 94th minute of the match Apocalipse FC got a corner. Zaca FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marcos Rodrigues ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Nico Alcântara managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Dick Kråk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Zaca FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.