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Arena da Salvação
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gláuber de Senna started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sydney Guedes in the 8th minute of play forced Livramento A.F.C's goalkeeper Hélio Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hélio Luz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fred Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 13th minute Fred Salles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélio Luz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hélio Luz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sydney Guedes, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Hélio Luz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sydney Guedes in the 19th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Fred Salles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Furia Negra FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sydney Guedes in the 24th minute of play forced Livramento A.F.C's goalkeeper Hélio Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute, Fred Salles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Furia Negra FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 27th minute, Wilson Machado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hélio Luz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fred Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Hélio Luz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fred Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. 40 minutes into the match, Livramento A.F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Wilson Machado came free, but Hélio Luz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hélio Luz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sydney Guedes in the 42nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Furia Negra FC's zone, Gláuber de Senna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Davi Rossi came out of the goal and Gláuber de Senna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 47th minute, Geovanni Quadros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fred Salles to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute of the match, Sydney Guedes got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hélio Luz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 53 minutes, Geovanni Quadros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Livramento A.F.C and the Furia Negra FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 53rd match minute, Livramento A.F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geovanni Quadros to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sydney Guedes in the 55th minute of play forced Livramento A.F.C's goalkeeper Hélio Luz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilson Machado charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilson Machado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Livramento A.F.C booed when Furia Negra FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilson Machado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Davi Rossi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tião Palmeira in the 57th minute of play. Gláuber de Senna's late challenge caught a Furia Negra FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gláuber de Senna helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes Livramento A.F.C got a freekick which was hit by Gláuber de Senna. Sydney Guedes took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hélio Luz. Hélio Luz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. 75 minutes into the match, Livramento A.F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Fred Salles came free, but Hélio Luz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Geovanni Quadros kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Hélio Luz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilson Machado in the 79th minute of play. Hélio Luz made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Sydney Guedes sent off a good shot on target. Hélio Luz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sydney Guedes in the 86th minute. Wesley Matos was shown his second yellow card after 88 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Furia Negra FC booed when Livramento A.F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wesley Matos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Livramento A.F.C's Geovanni Quadros got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Hélio Luz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sydney Guedes in the 95th minute. Hélio Luz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sydney Guedes in the 97th minute of play. When the match was over Furia Negra FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Livramento A.F.C throughout the match.