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Estádio Alcantaras
Spectators: 7297 (Terracing: 5474, Seating: 1678, VIP seats: 145) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Geovanni Vieira made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Tomasz Napierkowski took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for João Paulo Furtado to make any attempt to save it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Koen Schulte in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg João Paulo Furtado saved Roma Football Club from getting behind. When Valério Zonta fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Roma Football Club's protests and gave Valério Zonta a yellow card for diving instead. In the 10th match minute, Roma Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valério Zonta to maneuver through the defense. Roma Football Club's João Paulo Furtado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Roma Football Club from getting a goal against them. João Paulo Furtado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudinho Vale in the 13th minute. 14 minutes into the game, BotafogoSFRC's Claudinho Vale nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. João Paulo Furtado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. After 19 minutes, Claudinho Vale made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Roma Football Club's João Paulo Furtado tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, BotafogoSFRC's Chicão Vinhas got a free kick in the 21st minute. Claudinho Vale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Paulo Furtado having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Claudinho Vale managed to get in a good position for a shot. BotafogoSFRC's supporters rose to their feet, but Claudinho Vale was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. João Paulo Furtado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Claudinho Vale in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg João Paulo Furtado saved Roma Football Club from getting behind. If Koen Schulte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Claudinho Vale recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 41 played minutes BotafogoSFRC's Claudinho Vale stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but João Paulo Furtado stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Roma Football Club of the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 43 minutes, João Paulo Furtado successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 44 minutes of play, BotafogoSFRC's Chicão Vinhas made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. João Paulo Furtado was left in no man's land by his defense there! The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Claudinho Vale sped through Roma Football Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of João Paulo Furtado. In the 55th minute, Claudinho Vale left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BotafogoSFRC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Roma Football Club's João Paulo Furtado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chicão Vinhas in the 60th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Roma Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinho Vale came free, but João Paulo Furtado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Chicão Vinhas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but João Paulo Furtado was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Koen Schulte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Paulo Furtado having to interfere. BotafogoSFRC's Tiago Gabriel de Senna was substituted for Décio Alvarenga. Hélio Lira hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Claudinho Vale received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. João Paulo Furtado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Danilo Garcia during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 75 played minutes Roma Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Danilo Garcia. 76 minutes into the match, Claudinho Vale notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Roma Football Club's João Paulo Furtado. João Paulo Furtado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. João Paulo Furtado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chicão Vinhas went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. João Paulo Furtado didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when BotafogoSFRC's Claudinho Vale shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 9-0 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to Roma Football Club getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Christiano da Cunha hit a great ball. After having played for 92 minutes, Koen Schulte managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BotafogoSFRC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Koen Schulte was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. João Paulo Furtado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudinho Vale in the 94th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovanni Vieira in the 95th minute of play forced BotafogoSFRC's goalkeeper Pedrão Mineiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the BotafogoSFRC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.