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Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) Ebla FC's Dieguinho Tavares started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Zé Paulo Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ebla FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ronaldo Saraiva in the 13th minute. 15 minutes into the game, Ebla FC's Richard Saldanha nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Acácio Gaspar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Wilian Dracena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beraldo Arboleda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dieguinho Tavares during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when Richard Saldanha scored to the left of an out of position Acácio Gaspar, making the score, 3-0. A collision led to Ebla FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Richard Saldanha hit a great ball. Dieguinho Tavares received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Acácio Gaspar came out and tried to block the shot, but Dieguinho Tavares slotted it home off the left post making it 5-0 in the 37th minute. With his leg Acácio Gaspar managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Ebla FC's Dieguinho Tavares fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 45 minutes, Dieguinho Tavares made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's Acácio Gaspar tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Rony Pena made the kick off in the second half. Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's Acácio Gaspar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dieguinho Tavares in the 51st minute of play. Acácio Gaspar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dieguinho Tavares, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. If Dieguinho Tavares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Betinho Falcão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Wilian Dracena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd minute Dieguinho Tavares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Acácio Gaspar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute, one of Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร. Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร:s Acácio Gaspar showed great skill when he stopped Ronaldo Saraiva:s penalty. Wilian Dracena stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Betinho Falcão's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Acácio Gaspar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Saldanha in the 77th minute of play. Ⲙσсσсɑ Βᴜꓲꓲร's Acácio Gaspar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dieguinho Tavares in the 86th minute of play. Dieguinho Tavares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Acácio Gaspar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dieguinho Tavares in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Inácio Moreira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Acácio Gaspar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Saraiva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ebla FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.