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Arena CaldeirãoVerde
Spectators: 7664 (Terracing: 5749, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Laércio Damião got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, United 206 F.C.'s Gilmar Recife got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After 7 minutes, Róbson Paranaense mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the United 206 F.C. and the União Verde FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes United 206 F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Róbson Paranaense. Valdir Pérez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Fábio Fonseca in the 10th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamim Saldanha in the 23rd minute of play forced United 206 F.C.'s goalkeeper Marcel Nedelcea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. United 206 F.C.'s Valdir Alcântara got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in União Verde FC's zone, Valdir Alcântara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Valdir Pérez came out of the goal and Valdir Alcântara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Luís Fábio Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 42 minutes into the game, United 206 F.C.'s Luís Fábio Fonseca nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valdir Pérez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valdir Alcântara made a kick off. Valdir Pérez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valdir Alcântara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Luís Fábio Fonseca managed to get in a good position for a shot. United 206 F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Luís Fábio Fonseca was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Valdir Pérez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of União Verde FC booed when United 206 F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fábio Fonseca didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Benjamim Saldanha got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Valdir Pérez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luís Fábio Fonseca in the 63rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Laércio Damião managed to get in a good position for a shot. União Verde FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Laércio Damião was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcel Nedelcea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcel Nedelcea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorge Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute of the match Gil Paiva sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcel Nedelcea skillfully saved the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Laércio Damião managed to get in a good position for a shot. União Verde FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Laércio Damião was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcel Nedelcea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Laércio Damião had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Valdir Pérez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdir Alcântara in the 75th minute of play. Jorge Mendonça hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute Valdir Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdir Pérez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Fábio Fonseca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Valdir Pérez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcel Nedelcea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamim Saldanha in the 90th minute of play. If Luís Fábio Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benjamim Saldanha charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benjamim Saldanha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play.