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Saldanha
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Andrézinho Neves took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cristóvão Garcia charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristóvão Garcia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Orcs of City FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Cristóvão Garcia hit a great ball. After 11 played minutes, Saldanha's Cipriano Arantes shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luís Penha came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Saldanha reached it. In the 13th match minute, Saldanha was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Magno Souza to maneuver through the defense. Andrézinho Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 16th match minute, Orcs of City FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Júlio Pena to maneuver through the defense. Valdir Madureira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrézinho Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dé Tinoco in the 29th minute of play forced Saldanha's goalkeeper Valdir Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Ricardo Sá notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Orcs of City FC's Luís Penha. Luís Penha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Maurinho Vasconcelos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Andrézinho Neves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valdir Madureira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dé Tinoco, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 46 minutes in the game Magno Souza after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Luís Penha. A very good opportunity. Valdir Madureira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dé Tinoco in the 48th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ricardo Sá to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Andrézinho Neves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdir Madureira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Saldanha getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Allan Loureiro hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dé Tinoco got free with Valdir Madureira in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Valdir Madureira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrézinho Neves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rdth minute of the game Ricardo Sá who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orcs of City FC's Luís Penha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Saldanha's Valdir Madureira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Saldanha from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Magno Souza in the 72nd minute of play forced Orcs of City FC's goalkeeper Luís Penha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Saldanha booed when Orcs of City FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eduardo Trancoso didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Marcinho Xavier came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Saldanha 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 Marcinho Xavier couldn't finish the play. Andrézinho Neves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Valdir Madureira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrézinho Neves in the 85th minute of play forced Saldanha's goalkeeper Valdir Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Saldanha booed when Orcs of City FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilson Lara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dé Tinoco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Valdir Madureira made a huge save. Saldanha were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Orcs of City FC to leave the ground with a draw.