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Arena Americano
Spectators: 6254 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1100, VIP seats: 154) When Real Mente Burro's George Apelqvist in the 2nd minute got a chance for a shot 2nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AMERICANO F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Real Mente Burro's Cauã Lopes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Real Mente Burro from getting a goal against them. George Apelqvist succeeded in the game's 5th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. After 8 played minutes AMERICANO F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Marco Eger. In the 11th match minute, AMERICANO F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Eger to maneuver through the defense. Silver Mineur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from George Apelqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After 13 minutes AMERICANO F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Roberto Simão who took care of the corner kick. George Apelqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cauã Lopes didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 19th minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Görkem Ahioğlu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cauã Lopes. That made the score 2-1 in the 22 minute of play. In the 29th minute AMERICANO F.C. were awarded a corner. Nico da Costa went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on AMERICANO F.C.'s corner Nico da Costa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cauã Lopes quite easily take care of the ball. In the 31st minute Gildo Cearense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cauã Lopes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute, Marco Eger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 36 minutes into the match, Real Mente Burro's goal looked a bit too open when Görkem Ahioğlu came free, but Cauã Lopes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Roberto Simão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, George Apelqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Mente Burro's supporters rose to their feet, but George Apelqvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Silver Mineur breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Real Mente Burro's Luciano Nóbrega was substituted for Roberto Simão. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Görkem Ahioğlu to make the kick off. A collision led to AMERICANO F.C. getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Anísio do Vale hit a great ball. Silver Mineur made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Matías Arantes sent off a good shot on target. In the 68th minute, George Apelqvist fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Silver Mineur, passed just outside the right post. Matías Arantes had several of the AMERICANO F.C.'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 68 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-2 score and a disappointed Silver Mineur as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 75th minute George Apelqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silver Mineur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Real Mente Burro getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Martin Bonnici hit a great ball. 86 minutes into the match, AMERICANO F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Luciano Nóbrega came free, but Silver Mineur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 87 played minutes AMERICANO F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Slamet Ashraff. After a rather tough play, AMERICANO F.C.'s Paulinho Carneiro got a free kick in the 89th minute. Gildo Cearense kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by George Apelqvist in the 92nd minute of play forced AMERICANO F.C.'s goalkeeper Silver Mineur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cauã Lopes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Alberto Xavier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cauã Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nico da Costa in the 97th minute of the match. Real Mente Burro were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing AMERICANO F.C. to leave the ground with a draw.