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Estádio Salvarano
Spectators: 7211 (Terracing: 5409, Seating: 1659, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benjamim Romero started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Frank Teixeira during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Adriano da Silva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Neto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tales Baiano was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Thiago Meirelles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamim Romero in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Benjamim Romero fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Thiago Meirelles, passed just outside the right post. In the 18th minute, Adriano da Silva 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. Nicolas Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tales Baiano having to interfere. Nicolas Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tales Baiano having to interfere. Adriano da Silva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tales Baiano having to interfere. The supporters of Beauty Nathy F.C. booed when Salvarano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelo Mandrak didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Nicolas Neto came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Beauty Nathy F.C. 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 Nicolas Neto couldn't finish the play. In the 39th minute, Nicolas Neto 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. In the 40th minute, Nicolas Neto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 42 minutes into the match, Nicolas Neto notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Salvarano's Tales Baiano. Tales Baiano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nicolas Neto was the one to do the kick off. Nicolas Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tales Baiano having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Neto in the 58th minute of play forced Salvarano's goalkeeper Tales Baiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Salvarano's goalkeeper Tales Baiano, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 62nd minute of the match Augusto Neto shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tales Baiano showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After having played for 63 minutes, Adriano da Silva managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beauty Nathy F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Adriano da Silva was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nicolas Neto was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 67th minute. Beauty Nathy F.C.'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Nico Recife fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thiago Meirelles having to interfere. Nico Recife fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thiago Meirelles having to interfere. Benjamim Romero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicolas Neto in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tales Baiano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Nico Recife managed to get in a good position for a shot. Salvarano's supporters rose to their feet, but Nico Recife was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thiago Meirelles breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nico Recife scored 1-1 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thiago Meirelles, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Frank Teixeira hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Nico Recife sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute Nico Recife shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thiago Meirelles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Beauty Nathy F.C.'s zone, Nico Recife stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thiago Meirelles came out of the goal and Nico Recife tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.