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ARENA MANCHESTER
Spectators: 7079 (Terracing: 5418, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Narciso Quintal started the match with the kick off. Samuca de Toledo's late challenge caught a MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Samuca de Toledo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Manduri getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Samuca de Toledo hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Murillo Fonseca 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. 11 minutes into the game, MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C.'s Murillo Fonseca nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Willian Favoretto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 18 minutes into the match, Murillo Fonseca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Willian Favoretto. Manduri's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Murillo Fonseca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Narciso Quintal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Alfredo Tavares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Narciso Quintal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Manduri's zone, Murillo Fonseca stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Willian Favoretto came out of the goal and Murillo Fonseca tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 39th minute Narciso Quintal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Willian Favoretto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Willian Favoretto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Narciso Quintal, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Narciso Quintal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 45 minutes into the match, Manduri's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Quintal came free, but Willian Favoretto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

53 minutes had been played when some careless play by MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Germano Cardoso was slow to take the kick. During this time Manduri's players had a chance to rest. Willian Favoretto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Narciso Quintal in the 56th minute of the match. William Lopez's late challenge caught a MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. William Lopez helped the player get up and apologised. After 61 played minutes Manduri got a freekick which was hit by William Lopez. Murillo Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Narciso Quintal scored 3-0 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Willian Favoretto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Carlos Augusto Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Albertinho Tinoco came free, but Kauã Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maurinho Sanches kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Narciso Quintal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Alfredo Tavares came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Manduri 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 Alfredo Tavares couldn't finish the play. When MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C.'s Narciso Quintal in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manduri's goalie prevented a goal. If Murillo Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. It was a well-played corner which Maurinho Sanches managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. There was no doubt that MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C. were the better team. MANCHESTER JOHNS F.C.'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.