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EMIRATES BORBA AREA
Spectators: 7171 (Terracing: 5380, Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 142) Felipe Paraíba made the kick off and thus started the match. If Felipe Paraíba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abelardo Nóbrega took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 11th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Frédson Botelho. Borba's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 16th play minute Wanderson da Mata came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Celsinho Mendonça. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juninho Paraíba in the 19th minute of play forced Borba's goalkeeper Frédson Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wiliam Terra recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Duda Schmidt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frédson Botelho was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. If Wanderson da Mata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Celsinho Mendonça showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wiliam Terra, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Felipe Paraíba recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Frédson Botelho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Paraíba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Celsinho Mendonça was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Wiliam Terra capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Wiliam Terra really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0.

The wind increased when Wiliam Terra made the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes, Wellington Maranhense mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Falência F.C and the Borba players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Falência F.C's Wellington Maranhense got a free kick in the 51st minute. 54 minutes into the match, Falência F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Wiliam Terra came free, but Celsinho Mendonça reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wiliam Terra in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Celsinho Mendonça saved Falência F.C from getting behind. In the 61st minute Wiliam Terra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celsinho Mendonça saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute Wiliam Terra suffered a knee injury and had to be helped off the field. Abelardo Nóbrega's late challenge caught a Borba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abelardo Nóbrega helped the player get up and apologised. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Falência F.C! Falência F.C:s Celsinho Mendonça showed great skill when he stopped Danilo Pinheiro:s penalty. 75 minutes into the match, Danilo Pinheiro notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Falência F.C's Celsinho Mendonça. Celsinho Mendonça was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Falência F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Danilo Pinheiro was slow to take the kick. During this time Borba's players had a chance to rest. Wanderson da Mata hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Duda Schmidt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Frédson Botelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Celsinho Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wanderson da Mata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Borba's Frédson Botelho got control of the ball when Duda Schmidt tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Duda Schmidt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Borba's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.