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Xandele Arena
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Frank França started the match with the kick off. Mathias Sabóia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matías Guedes in the 8th minute of the match. Matías Guedes's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 17thth minute, Mathias Sabóia skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The throw-in from Henrique Ramos in the 18th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Boca Juniors's Elano Guerra. A sloppy throw-in by Henrique Ramos in the 21st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Boca Juniors's Elano Guerra. After some careless play in the Xanda FC defense, Reinaldo Dante kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ian Melo. The Xanda FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ian Melo should have stopped the shot. Renan Paes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Mathias Sabóia made a huge save. Norberto da Silva struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Mathias Sabóia didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Xanda FC. When Norberto da Silva came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Xanda FC 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 Norberto da Silva couldn't finish the play. When Boca Juniors's Reinaldo Dante in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Xanda FC's goalie prevented a goal. Reinaldo Dante might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ian Melo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Reinaldo Dante ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Dante in the 42nd minute of play forced Xanda FC's goalkeeper Ian Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Dante in the 46th minute of play forced Xanda FC's goalkeeper Ian Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

After 53 played minutes Boca Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Frank França. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Norberto da Silva sped through Boca Juniors's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mathias Sabóia. In the 57th minute Norberto da Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mathias Sabóia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mathias Sabóia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norberto da Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. The throw-in from Henrique Ramos in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Boca Juniors's Ronaldo Marques. The audience was convinced that Reinaldo Dante's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ian Melo was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Xanda FC's Diogo da Rocha got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 64th match minute, Boca Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renato Mattos to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th match minute, Boca Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldo Marques to maneuver through the defense. Ian Melo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reinaldo Dante went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Ian Melo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frank França in the 82nd minute. 83 minutes into the game, Diogo da Rocha threw the ball into play from the sideline. Boca Juniors's Ronaldo Marques quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Xanda FC's Ian Melo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Xanda FC from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, Boca Juniors's Ian Melo threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Reinaldo Dante, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 89th minute, Reinaldo Dante made a precise shot to the right of Ian Melo. Xanda FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Boca Juniors walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.