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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 7 minutes, Sever Mărăscu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Cosula-BTF- and the ITAFUT 4EVER players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 8 played minutes FC Cosula-BTF- got a freekick which was hit by Sever Mărăscu. Jardel Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dacian Jurăscu in the 13th minute of the match. Cléber Palmeira kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Dacian Jurăscu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jardel Fernandez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. Ovidiu Marin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Augusto Novaes, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Orlando Mineiro who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 26thth minute tested the skills of Ovidiu Marin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. José Augusto Novaes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Ovidiu Marin made a huge save. Ovidiu Marin was out of position in the 30 minute of play, and Beto Aparecido capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Beto Aparecido really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. FC Cosula-BTF-'s Ovidiu Marin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Mineiro in the 36th minute of play. Jardel Fernandez came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Cosula-BTF-'s Dacian Jurăscu. But to his dismay, Dacian Jurăscu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Ovidiu Marin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Mineiro in the 41st minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, Dacian Jurăscu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Cosula-BTF-'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ITAFUT 4EVER the free kick. A collision led to FC Cosula-BTF- getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Dacian Jurăscu hit a great ball. 46 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Augusto Novaes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ovidiu Marin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Filip Hosu made a kick off. José Augusto Novaes's late challenge caught a FC Cosula-BTF-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Augusto Novaes helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Augusto Novaes got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Dan Alupulesei hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Ovidiu Marin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Mineiro in the 61st minute of play. ITAFUT 4EVER's Dé Favoretto got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. ITAFUT 4EVER's Wiliam Cardozo was substituted for Sebastião Diniz. Zé Paulo Gerber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Augusto Novaes in the 69th minute of play forced FC Cosula-BTF-'s goalkeeper Ovidiu Marin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 70 played minutes FC Cosula-BTF- got a freekick which was hit by Dacian Jurăscu. After 72 minutes of play, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Augusto Novaes made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidiu Marin was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC Cosula-BTF-'s Ovidiu Marin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Mineiro in the 78th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Orlando Mineiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ovidiu Marin. FC Cosula-BTF-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Orlando Mineiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. ITAFUT 4EVER's Edgar Baiano was substituted for Beto Aparecido. A collision led to ITAFUT 4EVER getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Zé Paulo Gerber hit a great ball. 91 minutes into the match, Dacian Jurăscu notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Fernandez. Jardel Fernandez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.