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Academia Aberta
Spectators: 7256 (Terracing: 5443, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Manfredo dos Santos got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Saco de Pancada's Manfredo dos Santos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Cícero Moreira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manfredo dos Santos in the 11th minute. Juarês Abreu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wanderson Romero in the 14th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wanderson Romero in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juarês Abreu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Cauan Alves hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute Manfredo dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cícero Moreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Saco de Pancada's Manfredo dos Santos in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Neverland's goalie prevented a goal. 31 minutes into the game, Cauan Alves was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Saco de Pancada's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Neverland the free kick. After a rather tough play, Saco de Pancada's Cauan Alves got a free kick in the 31st minute. Cícero Moreira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manfredo dos Santos in the 38th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Horácio Cruz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Saco de Pancada's supporters rose to their feet, but Horácio Cruz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cícero Moreira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 55th match minute, Saco de Pancada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandro Moreno to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Juarês Abreu managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Neverland's Wanderson Romero fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Juarês Abreu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaltino Motta in the 66th minute of play. 76 minutes into the game, Silas Valladares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Saco de Pancada's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Neverland the free kick. In the 75th minute, one of Saco de Pancada:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Saco de Pancada. The referee gave Neverland a penalty, 77 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Wanderson Romero, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Saco de Pancada's Juarês Abreu. 1-1. A collision led to Neverland getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Jorginho Macedo hit a great ball. Neverland's Cícero Moreira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horácio Cruz in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfredo dos Santos in the 87th minute of play forced Neverland's goalkeeper Cícero Moreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Durvalino Queiroz succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-2 in the 93rd playminute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfredo dos Santos in the 97th minute of play forced Neverland's goalkeeper Cícero Moreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.