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Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fred Correia made the kick off which started today's match. Rafinha Lira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitório Lucas having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Fred Correia put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jaime Paiva. In the 16th minute, Cássio de Alcântara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ROTA 66 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. In the 21st minute, Cássio de Alcântara 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. When Rafinha Lira came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the ROTA 66 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 Rafinha Lira couldn't finish the play. Cássio de Alcântara struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Vitório Lucas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ROTA 66. Rafinha Lira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitório Lucas having to interfere. 30 minutes into the game, João Vítor Schmidt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santos FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ROTA 66 the free kick. The supporters of ROTA 66 booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Vítor Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 31 minutes of play, ROTA 66's Rafinha Lira made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vitório Lucas was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to ROTA 66 getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Rafinha Lira hit a great ball. Jeferson Dionísio's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 35thth minute, Jaime Paiva skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 38 minutes into the match, Santos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cássio de Alcântara came free, but Vitório Lucas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cássio de Alcântara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitório Lucas having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rafinha Lira was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Alan Mangueira 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. Fred Correia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Jaime Paiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute, Alfredo Ribeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alan Mangueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaime Paiva having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Jeferson Dionísio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Santos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Jaime Paiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fred Correia in the 73rd minute of the match. The supporters of ROTA 66 booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Vítor Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Rafinha Lira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Mangueira to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Evaristo Massa from long distance, 80 minutes into the match, got Vitório Lucas's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 85th minute, Santos FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Rafinha Lira fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Santos FC's Vitório Lucas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Santos FC from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jeferson Dionísio in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jaime Paiva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ROTA 66's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.