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ARENA CARIOCA
Spectators: 7132 (Terracing: 5802, Seating: 1230, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Neymar Junior started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Vae Victis!!'s Jonathan de Queiroz got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 5 minutes into the game, Agron Elmasllari cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Loramendi Cabarcos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Loramendi Cabarcos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filipe Catarinense in the 9th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Neymar Junior in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tiago Gabriel Cabral saved Vae Victis!! from getting behind. In the 14th minute, E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Augusto Lucas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Augusto Lucas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Augusto Lucas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Augusto Lucas hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Loramendi Cabarcos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horácio Magalhães in the 17th minute of play. E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after Vae Victis!!'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lion Messi took the corner. The corner ended in Lion Messi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Vae Victis!!'s Tiago Gabriel Cabral did a great save. Tiago Gabriel Cabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Neymar Junior, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Loramendi Cabarcos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agron Elmasllari in the 24th minute of play. Loramendi Cabarcos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dacian Măcriș, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Neymar Junior scored 1-1 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tiago Gabriel Cabral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Délio Tasso made in the 32nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Agron Elmasllari however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Carlos de Salles in the 36th minute of play forced E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's goalkeeper Loramendi Cabarcos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's Loramendi Cabarcos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Carlos de Salles in the 38th minute of play. Loramendi Cabarcos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dacian Măcriș, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Dacian Măcriș ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Loramendi Cabarcos was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dacian Măcriș was the one to do the kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 53 minutes, Loramendi Cabarcos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 1-3 became the score in the 58th minute when Dacian Măcriș elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. When Vae Victis!!'s Dacian Măcriș in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's goalie prevented a goal. After 64 minutes, Neymar Junior made it 2-3 with a short kick to the right side. Vae Victis!!'s Tiago Gabriel Cabral tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vae Victis!!'s Valentin Ţirpescu was substituted for Dacian Măcriș. Vae Victis!! made a substitution. Fernandinho Mota replaced Filipe Catarinense. 71 minutes into the game, Sandro de Queirós cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Tiago Gabriel Cabral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Vae Victis!! getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Valentin Ţirpescu hit a great ball. If Neymar Junior had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vae Victis!!'s goalkeeper Tiago Gabriel Cabral, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Vae Victis!!'s Valentin Ţirpescu got a free kick in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Neymar Junior's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiago Gabriel Cabral was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. A collision led to E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Oswaldo Pitta hit a great ball. Tiago Gabriel Cabral didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Neymar Junior went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. 89 minutes into the match, E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO's goal looked a bit too open when José Carlos de Salles came free, but Loramendi Cabarcos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 92 minutes into the game, Jimeno Gilen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-3. Tiago Gabriel Cabral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. E.C. RIO DE JANEIRO had won after a very even match.