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Estádio Jatai
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Júlio Tasso made the kick off which started today's match. Armando Tavares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kléber Coelho in the 3rd minute of the match. Armando Tavares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kléber Coelho in the 10th minute of play. Fábio da Mata hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Armando Tavares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júlio Tasso in the 31st minute of play. Manuel Brodel hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute Valdemar de Almeida managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. Rafael Cardoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haroldo Antunes in the 36th minute of the match. Rafael Cardoso stood somewhat misplaced when Haroldo Antunes came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 41 minute. Kauan Bastos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Armando Tavares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Júlio Tasso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Armando Tavares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Haroldo Antunes to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Jatai's goalkeeper Armando Tavares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kléber Coelho. When Haroldo Antunes came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Jatai 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 Haroldo Antunes couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in PingaBall F.C's zone, Ademar de Toledo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rafael Cardoso came out of the goal and Ademar de Toledo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 60 minutes of play, Jatai's Haroldo Antunes made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafael Cardoso was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Haroldo Antunes in the 64th minute of play forced PingaBall F.C's goalkeeper Rafael Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josué Tróia charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Josué Tróia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 70 minutes into the match, PingaBall F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Ademar de Toledo came free, but Rafael Cardoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Jatai's goalkeeper Armando Tavares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kléber Coelho. In the 77th match minute, Jatai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valdemar de Almeida to maneuver through the defense. If Ademar de Toledo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th match minute, PingaBall F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Doni Urbano to maneuver through the defense. Rafael Cardoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ademar de Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Gonçalo Meira fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PingaBall F.C's protests and gave Gonçalo Meira a yellow card for diving instead. After 94 played minutes PingaBall F.C got a freekick which was hit by Gonçalo Meira. 95 minutes into the match, Ademar de Toledo notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of PingaBall F.C's Rafael Cardoso. Rafael Cardoso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Jatai had played much better football throughout.