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REAL SEASEN ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Giovanni Valadares kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Villa Sinhá SC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Reginaldo Branco hit a great ball. 5 minutes into the match, REAL SEASEN's Norberto Sousa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonas Vasconcelos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jonas Vasconcelos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Norberto Sousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot by Renan Domingues from long distance, 12 minutes into the match, got Jonas Vasconcelos's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After 15 minutes, Flávio Cruz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the REAL SEASEN and the Villa Sinhá SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 15th minute, Flávio Cruz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 16 minutes, Giovanni Valadares managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Villa Sinhá SC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giovanni Valadares was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 19th minute, Norberto Sousa fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Giovanni Valadares charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Giovanni Valadares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Reginaldo Branco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of REAL SEASEN booed when Villa Sinhá SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giovanni Valadares didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Villa Sinhá SC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Victor Gomes hit a great ball. In the 40th minute, Victor Gomes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Víktor Sanches sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Norberto Sousa made the kick off in the second half. Jonas Vasconcelos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Víktor Sanches in the 55th minute of play. When Murillo Loyola fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored REAL SEASEN's protests and gave Murillo Loyola a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to REAL SEASEN getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Murillo Loyola hit a great ball. When Reginaldo Branco came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Villa Sinhá SC 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 Reginaldo Branco couldn't finish the play. When REAL SEASEN's Víktor Sanches in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Villa Sinhá SC's goalie prevented a goal. Jonas Vasconcelos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Norberto Sousa went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. When Toninho Sergipano fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored REAL SEASEN's protests and gave Toninho Sergipano a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to REAL SEASEN getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Toninho Sergipano hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Villa Sinhá SC's zone, Norberto Sousa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonas Vasconcelos came out of the goal and Norberto Sousa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giovanni Valadares in the 80th minute of play forced REAL SEASEN's goalkeeper Luisão Sabóia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. REAL SEASEN's Luisão Sabóia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save REAL SEASEN from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Villa Sinhá SC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Cesinha Tavares hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Villa Sinhá SC defense, Víktor Sanches kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonas Vasconcelos. The Villa Sinhá SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonas Vasconcelos should have stopped the shot. Villa Sinhá SC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.