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Station market GY
Spectators: 7210 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 50) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Victor Sena started the match with the kick off. Gerson Mesquita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Vander, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Victor Sena notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Georgetown's Gerson Mesquita. Gerson Mesquita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 11th minute, Victor Sena left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Counani fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When Wilton da Mata fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Counani's protests and gave Wilton da Mata a yellow card for diving instead. In the 14th minute, Wilton da Mata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute, Counani's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Tomé de Souza fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 19 played minutes Counani got a freekick which was hit by Ulysses Catarinense. In the 19th minute, one of Counani:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Counani. Leonardo Paraense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 25 minutes into the match, Counani's goal looked a bit too open when Tarcisio Sergipano came free, but Egídio Tavares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerson Mesquita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Vander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Tarcisio Sergipano came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Georgetown 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 Tarcisio Sergipano couldn't finish the play. Gerson Mesquita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simão Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Sena in the 34th minute of play forced Georgetown's goalkeeper Gerson Mesquita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Georgetown's Gerson Mesquita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo Vander in the 36th minute of play. In the 40th match minute, Counani was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vito Matorin to maneuver through the defense. Eduardo Furlan's late challenge caught a Counani's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eduardo Furlan helped the player get up and apologised. Eduardo Furlan kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tarcisio Sergipano to make the kick off. After 54 minutes, Ulysses Catarinense mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Counani and the Georgetown players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Counani getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Ulysses Catarinense hit a great ball. Simão Martins took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gerson Mesquita. Gerson Mesquita dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. In the 66th match minute, Georgetown was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomé de Souza to maneuver through the defense. Victor Sena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomé de Souza might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Egídio Tavares. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomé de Souza ran back to his position shaking his head. Simão Martins hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. If Tomé de Souza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Tarcisio Sergipano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Egídio Tavares was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. During the 82nd minute of the match Ulysses Catarinense completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ulysses Catarinense a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Ulysses Catarinense hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Counani's Egídio Tavares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomé de Souza in the 84th minute of play. Simão Martins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Counani's Ernani Bezerra shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 93rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Gerson Mesquita but with some difficulty. When Georgetown's Leonardo Paraense in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Counani's goalie prevented a goal.