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City of Children
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joélson Palmeira started the match with the kick off. Wilian Motta hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antonio Manuelo during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. TOP™ - Nairoby's Celsinho Toledo was substituted for Artur Damião. Antonio Manuelo kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Wilian Motta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Ronaldão Arósio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. TOP™ - Nairoby's Bartlomiej Niziolek got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilian Motta in the 18th minute of play forced Eda Roots's goalkeeper Ronaldão Arósio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute, Florentino Bikendi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ronaldão Arósio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilian Motta in the 33rd minute of play. Arí Tasso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 42 minutes into the match, Wilian Motta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ronaldão Arósio. Eda Roots's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wilian Motta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 45 minutes of play, TOP™ - Nairoby's Joélson Palmeira made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronaldão Arósio was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 47th match minute, Eda Roots was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelinho Antunes to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dorival Bueno was the one to do the kick off. When Dorival Bueno came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Eda Roots 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 Dorival Bueno couldn't finish the play. Eurico de Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dorival Bueno, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as TOP™ - Nairoby's Bartlomiej Niziolek slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ronaldão Arósio. That made the score 0-4 after 55 minutes of play. With a little luck, Eda Roots's Ronaldão Arósio got control of the ball when Joélson Palmeira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eurico de Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Fábio Moreno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Oséas Peres fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Eda Roots's protests and gave Oséas Peres a yellow card for diving instead. Ronaldão Arósio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joélson Palmeira in the 65th minute. Ronaldão Arósio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bartlomiej Niziolek in the 68th minute of play. 73 minutes into the game, Eda Roots's Dorival Bueno nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eurico de Amorim made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Eurico de Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dorival Bueno, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After a rather tough play, Eda Roots's Claudinei Barbosa got a free kick in the 78th minute. 79 minutes into the game, Wilian Motta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Ronaldão Arósio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eurico de Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Manuelo in the 81st minute of play. After some careless play in the TOP™ - Nairoby defense, Dorival Bueno kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eurico de Amorim. The TOP™ - Nairoby fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eurico de Amorim should have stopped the shot. Ronaldão Arósio made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Joélson Palmeira sent off a good shot on target. 92 minutes into the match, TOP™ - Nairoby's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Fábio Moreno came free, but Eurico de Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ronaldão Arósio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartlomiej Niziolek in the 93rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Dorival Bueno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eurico de Amorim was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.