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Pageu
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. Jairo Coutinho started the match with the kick off. Cido Sousa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jairo Coutinho in the 3rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Jorginho de Queirós managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pageu's supporters rose to their feet, but Jorginho de Queirós was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cido Sousa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 9th match minute, Flexz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Pires to maneuver through the defense. Flexz's Cido Sousa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Flexz from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Pageu's Jorginho de Queirós slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cido Sousa. That made the score 1-0 after 17 minutes of play. Joélson Faria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Gilberto Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Flexz's Diamantino Sanches in 24 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Gilberto Garcia guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Jairo Coutinho kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. If Jorginho de Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emanuel Pires's late challenge caught a Pageu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emanuel Pires helped the player get up and apologised. Emanuel Pires hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Jorginho de Queirós who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 35thth minute tested the skills of Cido Sousa when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Diamantino Sanches recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Flexz's Joélson Faria got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The Flexz fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Flexz's Joélson Faria looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Jorginho de Queirós put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Cido Sousa. Gilberto Garcia was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Diamantino Sanches capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Diamantino Sanches really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Joélson Faria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilberto Garcia having to interfere. Jorginho de Queirós sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 82 played minutes Flexz got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Pires. In the 83rd minute of the match Luiz Guilherme Negri sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cido Sousa skillfully saved the ball. Gilberto Garcia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diamantino Sanches in the 85th minute of play. 2-3 became the score in the 86th minute when Diamantino Sanches elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 91st minute, Joélson Faria left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Flexz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Flexz eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.