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Rialmas
Spectators: 6597 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that José Carlos de Lima's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulinho de Mendonça was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. José Carlos de Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Almir Furlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulinho de Mendonça having to interfere. Paulinho de Mendonça stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of José Carlos de Lima's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Carlos de Lima in the 25th minute of play forced TRIPASECA's goalkeeper Paulinho de Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Carlos de Lima in the 27th minute of play forced TRIPASECA's goalkeeper Paulinho de Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredão Linhares blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Paulinho de Mendonça having to make a save. Paulinho de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Carlos de Lima in the 31st minute of the match. Almir Furlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulinho de Mendonça having to interfere. When Almir Furlan came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the New Haven FC 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 Almir Furlan couldn't finish the play. In the 35th minute, Elias Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 48thth minute of the game José Carlos de Lima who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but TRIPASECA's Paulinho de Mendonça was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when José Carlos de Lima made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Alfredão Linhares 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. In the 53rd match minute, TRIPASECA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Fernando Antunes to maneuver through the defense. Nicolás Sanjurjo's late challenge caught a New Haven FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicolás Sanjurjo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 58th minute, Nicolás Sanjurjo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulinho de Mendonça was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and José Carlos de Lima capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. José Carlos de Lima really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. When New Haven FC's José Carlos de Lima in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TRIPASECA's goalie prevented a goal. A hard shot 78 in the game by José Carlos de Lima from a close distance when the talented Paulinho de Mendonça managed to make a qualified save. TRIPASECA's players were relieved. Nilson Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dida Fantini in the 81st minute of play. Reinaldo Madureira hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the New Haven FC defense, Nicolás Sanjurjo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nilson Andrade. The New Haven FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nilson Andrade should have stopped the shot. In the 90th minute, TRIPASECA's Adilson Tasso seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Adilson Tasso the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of TRIPASECA protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Adilson Tasso had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 90 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for TRIPASECA! Almir Furlan shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the New Haven FC players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.