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Santo Expedito Arena
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Olavo Tavares made the kick off which started today's match. Lenílson Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Haroldo de Alcântara, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Lenílson Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olavo Tavares, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Haroldo de Alcântara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Texugo Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olavo Tavares in the 13th minute of play forced Santo Expedito FC's goalkeeper Lenílson Vargas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Olavo Tavares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lenílson Vargas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the game, Haroldo de Alcântara cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Lenílson Vargas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 21st minute, Durval Messias 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. 22 minutes into the match, Santo Expedito FC's goal looked a bit too open when Olavo Tavares came free, but Lenílson Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lenílson Vargas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haroldo de Alcântara in the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th match minute, Santo Expedito FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Belmiro Bezerra to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the match, Santo Expedito FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adhemar Veloso came free, but Lenílson Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Haroldo de Alcântara scored 0-3 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lenílson Vargas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Durval Messias kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. After 34th play minutes Jorge Pernambucano shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Vitinho Gonçalves and just under the crossbar into goal. After 37 minutes of play, Texugo Futebol Clube's Olavo Tavares made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lenílson Vargas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 40 minutes into the match, Olavo Tavares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lenílson Vargas. Santo Expedito FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Olavo Tavares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. After some careless play in the Santo Expedito FC defense, Haroldo de Alcântara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lenílson Vargas. The Santo Expedito FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lenílson Vargas should have stopped the shot. After the first half Texugo Futebol Clube were leading 1-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jorge Pernambucano to make the kick off. Lenílson Vargas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Durval Messias showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-7 in the 51 minute of play. Lenílson Vargas didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 55th minute, which inside left pole to 1-8. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olavo Tavares in the 58th minute of play forced Santo Expedito FC's goalkeeper Lenílson Vargas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santo Expedito FC's Lenílson Vargas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olavo Tavares in the 60th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Haroldo de Alcântara reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lenílson Vargas. The goal made the score 1-9. The audience thought a goal was coming when Haroldo de Alcântara got free with Lenílson Vargas in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 67 minutes into the match, Santo Expedito FC's goal looked a bit too open when Durval Messias came free, but Lenílson Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Haroldo de Alcântara could shoot a difficult shot in the 68th minute, which Lenílson Vargas however easily saved by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Durval Messias in the 71st minute of play forced Santo Expedito FC's goalkeeper Lenílson Vargas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, Haroldo de Alcântara made a precise shot to the right of Lenílson Vargas. Santo Expedito FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-10. Lenílson Vargas was a little too slow when Adhemar Veloso got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 1-11. Lenílson Vargas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olavo Tavares in the 81st minute of play. Haroldo de Alcântara could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Lenílson Vargas made a huge save. 86 minutes into the match, Olavo Tavares dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lenílson Vargas, 1-13. With a little luck, Santo Expedito FC's Lenílson Vargas got control of the ball when Haroldo de Alcântara tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lenílson Vargas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Durval Messias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.