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Estádio Garruchos
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. Ronaldinho Tepedino started the match with the kick off. After having played for 4 minutes, Cipriano Branco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xablau Loverboy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cipriano Branco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Cipriano Branco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Real-United-States's Fabiano Linhares got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 20 minutes into the game, Cipriano Branco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Dadá Trevisan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fabiano Linhares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabiano Linhares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without César Varela having to interfere. Fabiano Linhares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dadá Trevisan came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Xablau Loverboy's Cipriano Branco. But to his dismay, Cipriano Branco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ronaldinho Tepedino in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg César Varela saved Xablau Loverboy from getting behind. Cleiton da Mata's late challenge caught a Real-United-States's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cleiton da Mata helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Xablau Loverboy's Cleiton da Mata got a free kick in the 39th minute. The audience was convinced that Ronaldinho Tepedino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but César Varela was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Fabiano Linhares struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. César Varela didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real-United-States.

The wind increased when Leonel Mandrak made the kick off in the second half. César Varela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldinho Tepedino in the 52nd minute of play. Toninho Neto kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. After 58 minutes Xablau Loverboy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elivélton Vasconcelos who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Elivélton Vasconcelos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this César Varela quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 60 minutes of play, Real-United-States's Ronaldinho Tepedino made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. César Varela was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Real-United-States's Dadá Trevisan got control of the ball when Cipriano Branco tried to sneak it across the goal line. José Vítor Guimarães hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. After having played for 67 minutes, Leonel Mandrak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xablau Loverboy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leonel Mandrak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Real-United-States's Ronaldinho Tepedino got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Ronaldinho Tepedino came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Real-United-States 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 Ronaldinho Tepedino couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ronaldinho Tepedino in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck César Varela prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ronaldinho Tepedino in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg César Varela saved Xablau Loverboy from getting behind. Toninho Neto kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Rodrigo Rocha charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rodrigo Rocha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 84 played minutes Real-United-States got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Rocha. César Varela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. César Varela came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Real-United-States's Fabiano Linhares. But to his dismay, Fabiano Linhares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Real-United-States were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Xablau Loverboy for a fine match.