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Arena Xurupitas
Spectators: 7187 (Terracing: 5392, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 142) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gabriel Neto got the match started through his kick off. Diguinho Veloso didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 4th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. In the 10th minute, XURUPITAS AFC's Allan Velasco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Diguinho Veloso. Diguinho Veloso yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Yan Trancoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ediberto Travassos, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. When Red Hawks's Gabriel Neto in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye XURUPITAS AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 31st minute Allan Velasco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diguinho Veloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Gabriel Neto came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Red Hawks 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 Gabriel Neto couldn't finish the play. In the 44th minute Ediberto Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Trancoso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Velasco in the 48th minute of play forced Red Hawks's goalkeeper Diguinho Veloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Allan Velasco was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Douglas Pena's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diguinho Veloso was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 54th minute, Douglas Pena ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Diguinho Veloso was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. 57 minutes into the match, Red Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Glauco Viana came free, but Diguinho Veloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ediberto Travassos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gabriel Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yan Trancoso having to interfere. Douglas Pena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Diguinho Veloso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 67th minute of the game. One of XURUPITAS AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Red Hawks:s goal. Diguinho Veloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Velasco in the 70th minute of the match. In the 71st match minute, Red Hawks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basílio Damião to maneuver through the defense. Yan Trancoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Neto in the 74th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, Douglas Pena had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Diguinho Veloso. Red Hawks's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Douglas Pena was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. After 80 played minutes Red Hawks got a freekick which was hit by Basílio Damião. If Allan Velasco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gabriel Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yan Trancoso having to interfere. Red Hawks's Diguinho Veloso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Douglas Pena in the 96th minute of play. Red Hawks's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.