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LOS CAMPEONES
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zachariasz Bronicki got the match started through his kick off. Argento 1972's Raimundo Paraense was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 7th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After 11 minutes of play, Argento 1972's Zachariasz Bronicki made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Archie Mathews was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Raimundo Paraense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Amílton Aguiar's late challenge caught a Chimarrao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amílton Aguiar helped the player get up and apologised. Amílton Aguiar kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. After 20 played minutes Argento 1972 got a freekick which was hit by Zachariasz Bronicki. Dida Potiguar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilmar Galvão in the 27th minute of the match. Tales Moreira's late challenge caught a Argento 1972's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tales Moreira helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Chimarrao getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Tales Moreira hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Hermes in the 34th minute of play forced Chimarrao's goalkeeper Archie Mathews to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Hermes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Archie Mathews having to interfere. Hamdi Sunay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Archie Mathews tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gilmar Galvão hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Hamdi Sunay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Archie Mathews tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Archie Mathews made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hamdi Sunay in the 41st minute of play. In the 45th minute Betinho de Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Potiguar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thomás Xavier was the one to do the kick off. Dida Potiguar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomás Xavier in the 53rd minute of the match. When Eliézer Arce came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Chimarrao 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 Eliézer Arce couldn't finish the play. In the 56th minute, Zachariasz Bronicki made a precise shot to the right of Archie Mathews. Chimarrao's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. After some careless play in the Argento 1972 defense, Eliézer Arce kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dida Potiguar. The Argento 1972 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dida Potiguar should have stopped the shot. 75 minutes into the match, Chimarrao's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Hermes came free, but Archie Mathews reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th match minute, Argento 1972 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamílton Tepedino to maneuver through the defense. Dida Potiguar was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Thomás Xavier. Hamílton Tepedino was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 81 minutes into the match. Argento 1972:s Dida Potiguar showed great skill when he stopped Thomás Xavier:s penalty. Dida Potiguar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Betinho de Toledo in the 89th minute. With a little luck, Argento 1972's Dida Potiguar got control of the ball when Betinho de Toledo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dida Potiguar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Betinho de Toledo in the 94th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Argento 1972 fans cheered their team off the field, for while Chimarrao had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.