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Estádio Elchaco
Spectators: 7253 (Terracing: 5555, Seating: 1550, VIP seats: 148) In the 4th minute Adrianinho Donato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dagoberto Faria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Malhadinho getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Enrique Pimenta hit a great ball. Doru Bistreanu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 13th minute, Adrianinho Donato left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Malhadinho fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Patrick Urbano was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Doru Bistreanu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 20 minute of play. Doru Bistreanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Patrick Urbano made a huge save. Patrick Urbano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clayton Gerson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elói Pontes in the 27th minute of play forced Escobar's goalkeeper Dagoberto Faria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dagoberto Faria stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adrianinho Donato's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Escobar's goal looked a bit too open when Adrianinho Donato came free, but Dagoberto Faria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Escobar's Dagoberto Faria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Linhares in the 35th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Doru Bistreanu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Patrick Urbano. Malhadinho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Doru Bistreanu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Roberto Cruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dagoberto Faria having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adrianinho Donato was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute, Clayton Gerson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Escobar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Patrick Urbano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doru Bistreanu in the 58th minute of the match. In the 65th minute Rodrigo de Queirós shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Urbano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elano Neves charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elano Neves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Elano Neves hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Malhadinho's Enrique Pimenta got a free kick in the 70th minute. Doru Bistreanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Patrick Urbano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jânio Fantini went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Doru Bistreanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Patrick Urbano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Adrianinho Donato's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dagoberto Faria was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Guga Soares charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guga Soares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Malhadinho getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Guga Soares hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doru Bistreanu in the 90th minute of play forced Malhadinho's goalkeeper Patrick Urbano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.