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Uacoci
Spectators: 6657 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Iuri Neto got the match started through his kick off. Tiago Gabriel Urbano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Germano de Almeida's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Iuri Neto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luisão Fontes's late challenge caught a Barranco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luisão Fontes helped the player get up and apologised. Iuri Neto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Efe Tekiner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Germano de Almeida in the 14th minute of play forced Uacoci's goalkeeper Tiago Gabriel Urbano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Percival Loureiro came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Barranco 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 Percival Loureiro couldn't finish the play. When Germano de Almeida came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Barranco 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 Germano de Almeida couldn't finish the play. 18 minutes into the game, Zeca Macedo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Tiago Gabriel Urbano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Evandro Freire kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. When the match clock showed 26 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Germano de Almeida sped through Uacoci's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tiago Gabriel Urbano. In the 34th minute, Uacoci's Luisão Fontes seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Luisão Fontes the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Uacoci protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Luisão Fontes had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 33rd minute of the game. One of Uacoci:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Barranco:s goal. Tiago Gabriel Urbano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Germano de Almeida's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. The audience was convinced that Germano de Almeida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiago Gabriel Urbano was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. In the 43rd minute, Zeca Macedo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tiago Gabriel Urbano was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Germano de Almeida in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tiago Gabriel Urbano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Germano de Almeida was the one to do the kick off. Benê Quadros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Barranco fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when Barranco's Germano de Almeida 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 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Germano de Almeidas short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got Tiago Gabriel Urbano to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Evandro Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Germano de Almeida struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Tiago Gabriel Urbano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Barranco. After 64 minutes, Iuri Neto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Uacoci and the Barranco players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Uacoci fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 64th minute. Penalty! Tiago Gabriel Urbano had in the 65thth minute some difficulties stopping Germano de Almeida's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Tiago Gabriel Urbano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Germano de Almeida's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. In the 69th minute, Remo Breckenfeld 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. A collision led to Uacoci getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Luisinho Figueiredo hit a great ball. Germano de Almeida recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Evandro Freire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Uacoci getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Roberto Corrêa hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benê Quadros got free with Tiago Gabriel Urbano in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Uacoci's Tiago Gabriel Urbano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Uacoci from getting a goal against them. After having played for 84 minutes, Zeca Macedo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barranco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zeca Macedo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tiago Gabriel Urbano was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Germano de Almeida showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-8 in the 86 minute of play. The supporters of Uacoci booed when Barranco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evandro Freire didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Oswaldo Hames in the 94th minute really tested Tiago Gabriel Urbano's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When the match was over Barranco could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Uacoci throughout the match.