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Abico
Spectators: 6657 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 0) Abico's Edvaldo Toledo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Elói Perez 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. 1-0 became the score in the 5th minute when Edvaldo Toledo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Elói Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Luiz Veloso having to interfere. Teodoro Mandrak struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Pedro Luiz Veloso didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Orico. Abico's Pedro Luiz Veloso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teodoro Mandrak in the 15th minute of play. Elói Perez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Teodoro Mandrak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edvaldo Toledo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If João Carlos Duarte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abico's Edvaldo Toledo got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alexandre Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edvaldo Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If João Pedro Peixoto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th minute Elói Perez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Luiz Veloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Luiz Veloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elói Perez in the 46th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Teodoro Mandrak to make the kick off. Abico's Pedro Luiz Veloso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Abico from getting a goal against them. Teodoro Mandrak in the 52ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Pedro Luiz Veloso, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Orico's Elói Perez got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abico's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Teodoro Mandrak 65 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. Pedro Luiz Veloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodoro Mandrak in the 71st minute of the match. Pedro Luiz Veloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodoro Mandrak, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The supporters of Abico booed when Orico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oséas Vaz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edvaldo Toledo scored 2-1 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexandre Cordeiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 90th minute, João Pedro Peixoto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexandre Cordeiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Pedro Luiz Veloso made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Elói Perez sent off a good shot on target. Orico's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.