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Sauacu
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Paulão Barbosa started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Money Maker's Renan de Carvalho made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Andrade was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Sauacu AD's Júlio da Silva got a free kick in the 6th minute. Ramón Furtado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Andrade having to interfere. After 9 minutes, Caio Queiroz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Money Maker and the Sauacu AD players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 9 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Money Maker! Gino Nóbrega kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Renan de Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 19 minutes into the game, Ramón Furtado cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Pedro Andrade was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 24 minutes into the match, Sauacu AD's goal looked a bit too open when Ramón Furtado came free, but Pedro Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Money Maker's Renan de Carvalho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Andrade narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pedro Andrade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renan de Carvalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. When Ramón Furtado came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Money Maker 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 Ramón Furtado couldn't finish the play. If Clemente Barral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Money Maker booed when Sauacu AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ian Peixoto didn't get a good kick on the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Sauacu AD's goal looked a bit too open when Ramón Furtado came free, but Pedro Andrade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Renan de Carvalho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 41st minute, Ramón Furtado made a precise shot to the right of Pedro Andrade. Sauacu AD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ramón Furtado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jeremias Mumbach hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute, Gino Nóbrega left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Money Maker fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Ramón Furtado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Andrade stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gino Nóbrega's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Pedro Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Renan de Carvalho in the 65th minute. Ramón Furtado received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedro Andrade came out and tried to block the shot, but Ramón Furtado slotted it home off the left post making it 1-6 in the 67th minute. Pedro Andrade didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Renan de Carvalho went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-7 was the resulting score. Pedro Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramón Furtado in the 73rd minute of the match. Pedro Andrade was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Ramón Furtado capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ramón Furtado really showed his touch with that goal: 1-8. Ramón Furtado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 83 minutes of play, Money Maker's Gino Nóbrega made it 1-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Andrade was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Ramón Furtado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Meirelles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Pedro Andrade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Sauacu AD's goalkeeper Pedro Andrade, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Money Maker's Gino Nóbrega got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sauacu AD's Pedro Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramón Furtado in the 94th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Money Maker left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sauacu AD.