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CenturyLink Field
Spectators: 7274 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nico Baiano started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Acácio Recife in the 3rd minute of play forced Escudo Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Murilo da Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th match minute, Seahawks SA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kauan Galvão to maneuver through the defense. Escudo Futebol Clube's Leonel Secco got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 12 minutes into the game, Leonel Secco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Marcinho Madureira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcinho Madureira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Eduardo Sarmento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonel Secco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcinho Madureira having to interfere. Gencal Ustam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Marcinho Madureira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Secco in the 24th minute of play forced Seahawks SA's goalkeeper Marcinho Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcinho Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Eduardo Sarmento in the 26th minute of the match. Marcinho Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Secco in the 28th minute of the match. After 31 played minutes, Escudo Futebol Clube's Darko Degen shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcinho Madureira came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Escudo Futebol Clube reached it. Marcinho Madureira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leonel Secco's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. After 41 minutes of play, Escudo Futebol Clube's Leonel Secco made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcinho Madureira was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Furtado in the 46th minute of play forced Seahawks SA's goalkeeper Marcinho Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Eduardo Sarmento in the 47th minute of play forced Seahawks SA's goalkeeper Marcinho Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Luís Eduardo Sarmento made the kick off in the second half. Marcinho Madureira stood somewhat misplaced when Leonel Secco came free in front of goal and shot 0-3 to the left of him in the 51 minute. In the 54thth minute of the game Gencal Ustam who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Seahawks SA's Marcinho Madureira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Escudo Futebol Clube were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Seahawks SA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Leonel Secco took the corner. Luís Eduardo Sarmento made a great header on Escudo Futebol Clube's corner, it was just that Seahawks SA's Marcinho Madureira managed to reach the ball for a save. Reginaldo Sabóia's late challenge caught a Escudo Futebol Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reginaldo Sabóia helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Seahawks SA fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 65th minute. Penalty! Alexandre Furtado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marcinho Madureira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonel Secco in the 76th minute. Marcinho Madureira was out of position in the 80 minute of play, and Luís Eduardo Sarmento capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luís Eduardo Sarmento really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Marcinho Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gencal Ustam in the 85th minute of the match. If Leonel Secco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. William Barreto hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Marcinho Madureira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Eduardo Sarmento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Escudo Futebol Clube could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Seahawks SA throughout the match.