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Tracuateua
Spectators: 75 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 0, VIP seats: 75) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arthur da Mata got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Tracuateua's zone, Pedrão Rocha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Paulo Ortiz came out of the goal and Pedrão Rocha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Válbson Bueno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kiko Rodrigues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Paulo Ortiz having to interfere. After 13 minutes of play, Pururuca FC's Válbson Bueno made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Paulo Ortiz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arthur da Mata 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. Kiko Rodrigues charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kiko Rodrigues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Pururuca FC's Kiko Rodrigues got a free kick in the 20th minute. Luís Paulo Ortiz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Válbson Bueno went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Tracuateua's zone, Arthur da Mata stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Paulo Ortiz came out of the goal and Arthur da Mata tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 28th match minute, Tracuateua was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Percival Corrêa to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute, Arthur da Mata 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. Kiko Rodrigues hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Donato Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iuri Tande, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Donato Souza was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Percival Corrêa showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 36 minute of play. After 40 played minutes Pururuca FC got a freekick which was hit by Pedrão Rocha. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iuri Tande in the 42nd minute of play forced Pururuca FC's goalkeeper Donato Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gonçalo Prestes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Donato Souza made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Pururuca FC's Fred de Lara got a free kick in the 46th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Iuri Tande to make the kick off. Arthur da Mata let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 54th minute shot 1-3 at rihgt post. A collision led to Tracuateua getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Franklin de Mendonça hit a great ball. After 63 played minutes Tracuateua got a freekick which was hit by Gonçalo Prestes. Pururuca FC's Donato Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonçalo Prestes in the 66th minute of play. Maurinho Custódio hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. 74 minutes into the match, Iuri Tande had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Donato Souza. Pururuca FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Iuri Tande was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Pururuca FC's Donato Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonçalo Prestes in the 78th minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, Gonçalo Prestes notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Pururuca FC's Donato Souza. Donato Souza was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 87 minutes into the match, Franklin de Mendonça had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Donato Souza. Pururuca FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Franklin de Mendonça was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. Arthur da Mata's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Luís Paulo Ortiz firmly grabbed it by the left post. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Tracuateua fans cheered their team off the field, for while Pururuca FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.