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Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kauan Mendonça started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Kauan Mendonça had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zeca Pitta. Gressa FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kauan Mendonça was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Zeca Pitta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kauan Mendonça in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, João Augusto Romero notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Gressa FC's Zeca Pitta. Zeca Pitta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 10 minutes into the match, WinchesterBr's Kauan Mendonça sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zeca Pitta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 15th match minute, WinchesterBr was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kauan Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zula Siekierski in the 17th minute of play forced WinchesterBr's goalkeeper João Francisco Travassos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 minutes of play, Gressa FC's Andrés Moro made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. João Francisco Travassos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 26th minute, Dadá de Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 31 minutes into the match, WinchesterBr's goalkeeper João Francisco Travassos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andrés Moro. Zeca Pitta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kauan Mendonça in the 32nd minute of play. Elano Mattos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Zeca Pitta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Augusto Romero in the 35th minute of play forced Gressa FC's goalkeeper Zeca Pitta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Zula Siekierski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gressa FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Zula Siekierski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. João Francisco Travassos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, WinchesterBr's João Francisco Travassos got control of the ball when Andrés Moro tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 43rdth minute of the game Andrés Moro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but WinchesterBr's João Francisco Travassos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dênis Cerezo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andrés Moro to make the kick off. Baltazar Pinho's late challenge caught a Gressa FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Baltazar Pinho helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st match minute, WinchesterBr was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baltazar Pinho to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Zula Siekierski put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of João Francisco Travassos. João Francisco Travassos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrés Moro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zeca Pitta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kauan Mendonça in the 56th minute of the match. Tarcisio Trancoso kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 63 minutes, Zeca Pitta successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Andrés Moro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Francisco Travassos having to interfere. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Andrés Moro sped through WinchesterBr's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of João Francisco Travassos. Elano Mattos charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elano Mattos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Gressa FC booed when WinchesterBr was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elano Mattos didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to WinchesterBr getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Kauan Mendonça hit a great ball. Cássio Maia took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 77th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for João Francisco Travassos. WinchesterBr's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Andrés Moro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but João Francisco Travassos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Andrés Moro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gressa FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Andrés Moro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. João Francisco Travassos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. João Francisco Travassos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zula Siekierski in the 84th minute of the match. Zeca Pitta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kauan Mendonça in the 85th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Augusto Romero got free with Zeca Pitta in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of WinchesterBr booed when Gressa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cássio Maia didn't get a good kick on the ball. WinchesterBr were awarded a corner in the 96th minute after Gressa FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Percival Mello took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Percival Mello got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zeca Pitta quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Gressa FC had played much better football throughout.