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ARENA MCKARTTNEY
Spectators: 6916 (Terracing: 5416, Seating: 1400, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Raí Pinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. Silas Mazza charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Silas Mazza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Trancogo getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Silas Mazza hit a great ball. When Rubinho Cardozo came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Trancogo 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 Rubinho Cardozo couldn't finish the play. Evandro de Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raí Pinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Raí Pinho took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Evandro de Amorim to make any attempt to save it. In the 34th minute, Antônio Carlos Coelho made a precise shot to the right of Nicolas Mandrak. MckarttneyFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Nicolas Mandrak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antônio Carlos Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raí Pinho in the 43rd minute of play forced Trancogo's goalkeeper Evandro de Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antônio Carlos Coelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Nicolas Mandrak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Antônio Carlos Coelho was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, MckarttneyFC's João Francisco Guerra nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Evandro de Amorim made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Nicolas Mandrak made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Antônio Carlos Coelho sent off a good shot on target. Dudu Vander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nilmar Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. MckarttneyFC's Nicolas Mandrak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save MckarttneyFC from getting a goal against them. In the 71st minute, Nilmar Mendonça 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. Antônio Carlos Coelho took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nicolas Mandrak. Nicolas Mandrak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Eduardo de Sousa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Nicolas Mandrak made a huge save. In the 79th minute Nilmar Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evandro de Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.