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Estádio Cabral
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gervasio Qwinton took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jorginho Pombal hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Armando Castro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Moreno in the 7th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Olgierd Nalaskowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Armando Castro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuel Moreno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nildo Mendonça's late challenge caught a Zika Vírus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nildo Mendonça helped the player get up and apologised. After a defensive mix-up in Niteroi SS's zone, Luciano de Queiroz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Armando Castro came out of the goal and Luciano de Queiroz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Samuel Moreno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Castro was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. After 39 played minutes Niteroi SS got a freekick which was hit by Olgierd Nalaskowski. Jorginho Pombal's late challenge caught a Zika Vírus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorginho Pombal helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuel Moreno in the 43rd minute of play forced Niteroi SS's goalkeeper Armando Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 44th minute of the match Jorginho Pombal completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Jorginho Pombal a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 44th match minute, Niteroi SS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorginho Pombal to maneuver through the defense. Armando Castro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Moreno in the 49th minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Samuel Moreno made a kick off. Gervasio Qwinton hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuel Moreno in the 60th minute of play forced Niteroi SS's goalkeeper Armando Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilian Vander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 62 minutes, Gervasio Qwinton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Niteroi SS and the Zika Vírus players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gervasio Qwinton hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuel Moreno in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Armando Castro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Armando Castro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Moreno in the 65th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Niteroi SS's zone, Wilian Vander stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Armando Castro came out of the goal and Wilian Vander tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Samuel Moreno put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Armando Castro. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, 王朗宁 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Niteroi SS's supporters rose to their feet, but 王朗宁 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gilvan Miranda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 77 minutes Niteroi SS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luciano de Queiroz who took care of the corner kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuel Moreno in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Armando Castro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 86 minutes of play, Zika Vírus's Wilian Vander made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Armando Castro was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 89 minutes, Samuel Moreno managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zika Vírus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Samuel Moreno was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Niteroi SS's Armando Castro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilian Vander in the 91st minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Samuel Moreno got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 94th match minute, Zika Vírus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel Moreno to maneuver through the defense. Armando Castro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuel Moreno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zika Vírus's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.