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ZÜÖ ÖÜZ ÄRËNÄ
Spectators: 6863 (Terracing: 5420, Seating: 1300, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ernani Martins got the match started through his kick off. Jânio Figueiredo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 4th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Varjao's Gonçalo Faria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otávio Galvão in the 4th minute of play. Dudu Mandrak's late challenge caught a ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dudu Mandrak helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Varjao's Dudu Mandrak got a free kick in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Varjao's goalkeeper Gonçalo Faria had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jânio Figueiredo. After a defensive mix-up in ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's zone, Rogério Lago stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jefferson Fonseca came out of the goal and Rogério Lago tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 16th minute, Jânio Figueiredo 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. Gonçalo Faria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otávio Galvão, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Otávio Galvão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Gonçalo Faria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Varjao's zone, Otávio Galvão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gonçalo Faria came out of the goal and Otávio Galvão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jefferson Fonseca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernani Martins in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Ernani Martins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jefferson Fonseca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Varjao's zone, Otávio Galvão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gonçalo Faria came out of the goal and Otávio Galvão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of ZÜÖ ÖÜZ booed when Varjao was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgar Vasconcelos didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fernando de Queiroz during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, Rogério Lago left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Varjao fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 40th minute, Ernani Martins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ernani Martins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Jefferson Fonseca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rogério Lago sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Otávio Galvão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Gonçalo Faria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgar Vasconcelos kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. ZÜÖ ÖÜZ were awarded a corner in the 50th minute after Varjao's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nico Zonta took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Nico Zonta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gonçalo Faria quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Otávio Galvão was the one to do the kick off. After 55 minutes of play ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's Fernando de Queiroz was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's Jefferson Fonseca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save ZÜÖ ÖÜZ from getting a goal against them. 60 minutes into the match, ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's goalkeeper Jefferson Fonseca had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rogério Lago. In the 62nd minute, Otávio Galvão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gonçalo Faria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jânio Figueiredo, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Jefferson Fonseca made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rogério Lago in the 67th minute. With a little luck, ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's Jefferson Fonseca got control of the ball when Rogério Lago tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Varjao's Ernani Martins in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's goalie prevented a goal. Rogério Lago sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 77th minute, Ernani Martins fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Renan Ortiz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Varjao's supporters rose to their feet, but Renan Ortiz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jefferson Fonseca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 89 minutes into the match, ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's goal looked a bit too open when Ernani Martins came free, but Jefferson Fonseca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Rogério Lago had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rogério Lago fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jefferson Fonseca having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ZÜÖ ÖÜZ's Caio Simão got a free kick in the 96th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 98th minute, Ernani Martins managed to get in a good position for a shot. Varjao's supporters rose to their feet, but Ernani Martins was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jefferson Fonseca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Varjao played a much better game than ZÜÖ ÖÜZ and deserved their victory. The ZÜÖ ÖÜZ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.