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ARENA DRUMMOND
Spectators: 7308 (Terracing: 5482, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rômulo Fantini took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the game, Hernani Arruda was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TZARAs FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lara Drummond FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, TZARAs FC's Hernani Arruda got a free kick in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natanael Corrêa in the 7th minute of play forced Lara Drummond FC's goalkeeper Eusébio Ortiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Goiano took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eusébio Ortiz. Eusébio Ortiz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Erasmo Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rômulo Fantini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicolas Alcântara scored 0-2 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eusébio Ortiz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When TZARAs FC's Yuri Marinho in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lara Drummond FC's goalie prevented a goal. Teodoro Luz's late challenge caught a TZARAs FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teodoro Luz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rdth minute of the game Yuri Marinho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lara Drummond FC's Eusébio Ortiz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Lucas Lago managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lara Drummond FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Lago was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erasmo Abreu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 31 minutes into the match, TZARAs FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rômulo Fantini came free, but Erasmo Abreu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 33 minutes of play, TZARAs FC's Hernani Arruda made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eusébio Ortiz was left in no man's land by his defense there! 42 minutes into the match, Carlos Goiano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eusébio Ortiz. Lara Drummond FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Goiano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The audience was convinced that Yuri Marinho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eusébio Ortiz was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. After the first half TZARAs FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yuri Marinho to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Lara Drummond FC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Rômulo Fantini hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Marinho in the 55th minute of play forced Lara Drummond FC's goalkeeper Eusébio Ortiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eusébio Ortiz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri Marinho in the 58th minute of play. Eusébio Ortiz came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by TZARAs FC's Nicolas Alcântara. But to his dismay, Nicolas Alcântara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Lucas Lago's late challenge caught a TZARAs FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucas Lago helped the player get up and apologised. Lucas Lago hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Eusébio Ortiz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natanael Corrêa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rubinho Albuquerque fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusébio Ortiz having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicolas Alcântara got free with Eusébio Ortiz in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natanael Corrêa in the 75th minute of play forced Lara Drummond FC's goalkeeper Eusébio Ortiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eusébio Ortiz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuri Marinho in the 79th minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, Lara Drummond FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marquinhos Ferreira to maneuver through the defense. Eusébio Ortiz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri Marinho in the 85th minute of play. Lara Drummond FC's Eusébio Ortiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuri Marinho in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Marinho in the 91st minute of play forced Lara Drummond FC's goalkeeper Eusébio Ortiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, TZARAs FC's Carlos Goiano got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 95th minute Yuri Marinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eusébio Ortiz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Lara Drummond FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. TZARAs FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.