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Aba
Spectators: 6673 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luiz Guilherme Porto made the kick off which started today's match. Luiz Guilherme Porto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Pedro Paulo Machado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Luiz Guilherme Porto put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Paulo Machado. If Luiz Guilherme Porto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Rogério Torres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 21 minutes into the game, Ramalho's Luiz Guilherme Porto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pedro Paulo Machado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Pedro Paulo Machado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luiz Guilherme Porto went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Luiz Fernando Arce managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ramalho's supporters rose to their feet, but Luiz Fernando Arce was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Paulo Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Luiz Guilherme Porto sped through Aba SS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pedro Paulo Machado. Pedro Paulo Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fernando Arce in the 35th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Ramalho's goalkeeper Leonardo Neves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Reginaldo do Nascimento. Luiz Fernando Arce struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Pedro Paulo Machado didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ramalho. When Luiz Fernando Arce came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Ramalho 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 Luiz Fernando Arce couldn't finish the play. After the first half Ramalho were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reginaldo do Nascimento to make the kick off. Aba SS's Pedro Paulo Machado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Aba SS from getting a goal against them. Pedro Paulo Machado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Guilherme Porto in the 58th minute of the match. A collision led to Ramalho getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Luiz Guilherme Porto hit a great ball. Rogério Torres received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Leonardo Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ramalho's Luiz Fernando Arce got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luiz Guilherme Porto in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Paulo Machado saved Aba SS from getting behind. Luiz Fernando Arce kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th minute, Andrézinho Madureira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reginaldo do Nascimento in the 72nd minute of play forced Ramalho's goalkeeper Leonardo Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rogério Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonardo Neves having to interfere. Aba SS's Reginaldo do Nascimento got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Luiz Guilherme Porto took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Pedro Paulo Machado to make any attempt to save it. The supporters of Aba SS booed when Ramalho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Augusto Vale didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Paulo Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme Porto in the 83rd minute of play. With a little luck, Aba SS's Pedro Paulo Machado got control of the ball when Luiz Fernando Arce tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Aba SS's Pedro Paulo Machado got control of the ball when Luiz Fernando Arce tried to sneak it across the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, Reginaldo do Nascimento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leonardo Neves. Ramalho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Reginaldo do Nascimento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5.