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INSANE MC´LARENS
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Geovanni Damião started the match with the kick off. Lucas Luz struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Norberto Secco didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NEW YORK TITANS. The long shot by Pedro Costa in the 12th minute really tested Norberto Secco's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Geovanni Damião received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Maurinho Neiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luiz Fernando Gonçalves charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Fernando Gonçalves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luiz Fernando Gonçalves hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute, Gláuber Pernambucano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, NEW YORK TITANS's Laércio Bittencourt got a free kick in the 28th minute. Maurinho Neiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Machado in the 30th minute of play. Maurinho Neiva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Geovanni Damião's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute, Virgílio Favoretto 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. Virgílio Favoretto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Maurinho Neiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Geovanni Damião fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maurinho Neiva having to interfere. Geovanni Damião fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maurinho Neiva having to interfere. 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 Zé Roberto Marquez made the kick off in the second half. Maurinho Neiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovanni Damião in the 58th minute of the match. In the 58th match minute, NEW YORK TITANS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duda de Brito to maneuver through the defense. Virgílio Favoretto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Virgílio Favoretto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Virgílio Favoretto got free with Maurinho Neiva in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Geovanni Damião sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute Geovanni Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurinho Neiva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Virgílio Favoretto might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maurinho Neiva. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Virgílio Favoretto ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 73rd minute Raí de Sena suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. In the 74th match minute, NEW YORK TITANS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duda de Brito to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Virgílio Favoretto could shoot a difficult shot in the 77th minute, which Maurinho Neiva however easily saved by the left post. In the 84th minute Argoim were awarded a corner. Adriano Machado went to the cornerflag to take it. Adriano Machado made a great header on Argoim's corner, it was just that NEW YORK TITANS's Maurinho Neiva managed to reach the ball for a save. 85 minutes into the match, Virgílio Favoretto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maurinho Neiva. NEW YORK TITANS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Virgílio Favoretto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When the match was over Argoim could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than NEW YORK TITANS throughout the match.