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Jóia de Safira
Spectators: 6513 (Terracing: 5513, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ramiro Borges took the kick off in the first half of the match. Luiz Fábio Xavier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Pedro Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Gregorio FC's Luiz Fábio Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Pedro Pires in the 6th minute of play. Safira FC's José Pedro Pires got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When José Pedro Pires came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Safira 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 José Pedro Pires couldn't finish the play. Luiz Fábio Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Pedro Pires in the 24th minute of the match. Deivid Soeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Deivid Soeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. José Pedro Pires kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. The supporters of Gregorio FC booed when Safira FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. José Pedro Pires didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes in the game, José Pedro Pires got a free kick from a good position and fired away a shot. The shot didn't have enough spin and went out of bounds to the left of the goal. Fernandinho de Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. José Pedro Pires might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luiz Fábio Xavier. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Pedro Pires ran back to his position shaking his head.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fernandinho de Brito to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute José Pedro Pires shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fábio Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernandinho de Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Luiz Fábio Xavier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luiz Fábio Xavier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Pedro Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Gregorio FC defense, José Pedro Pires kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luiz Fábio Xavier. The Gregorio FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luiz Fábio Xavier should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Rômulo Campidelis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Safira FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Rômulo Campidelis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luiz Fábio Xavier breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Deivid Soeiro hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. José Pedro Pires received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Luiz Fábio Xavier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute Fernandinho de Brito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fábio Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gregorio FC's Deivid Soeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With an all-out effort, Gregorio FC's Rolando Onbera threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Deivid Soeiro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Fernandinho de Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rômulo Campidelis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luiz Fábio Xavier having to interfere. Luiz Fábio Xavier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Luís Brasil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luiz Fábio Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Pedro Pires in the 93rd minute of the match. Gregorio FC's Luiz Fábio Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Pedro Pires in the 96th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Safira FC fully deserved thier win.