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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Batalhão do Peçanha's Pranas Užkuraitis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the game, Nicolai Otamendi threw the ball into play from the sideline. Batalhão do Peçanha's Stéphane Ballon quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Batalhão do Peçanha's attentive Barr Eira managed to snatch the ball when Nicolai Otamendi made a throw-in in the 9th minute of the game. When Batalhão do Peçanha's Pranas Užkuraitis in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Villaverde Celeste Clube's goalie prevented a goal. Nenko Reza stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pranas Užkuraitis's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Nenko Reza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pranas Užkuraitis in the 14th minute of the match. Pranas Užkuraitis might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nenko Reza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pranas Užkuraitis ran back to his position shaking his head. When Villaverde Celeste Clube's Roy Makaay in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Batalhão do Peçanha's goalie prevented a goal. Petr Čech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roy Makaay, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. If Roy Makaay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Batalhão do Peçanha's Petr Čech proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Batalhão do Peçanha from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Villaverde Celeste Clube getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Eduardo Angulo hit a great ball. After 47 played minutes, Batalhão do Peçanha's Vânderson Vasconcelos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nenko Reza 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 Batalhão do Peçanha reached it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

After a defensive mix-up in Villaverde Celeste Clube's zone, Arnaldo Tróia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nenko Reza came out of the goal and Arnaldo Tróia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nenko Reza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pranas Užkuraitis, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 75th minute of the match Batalhão do Peçanha got a corner. Villaverde Celeste Clube's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vânderson Vasconcelos ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Batalhão do Peçanha's corner Vânderson Vasconcelos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nenko Reza quite easily take care of the ball. Nicolai Otamendi made in the 77th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Guo Ao immediately put the ball in play. After some careless play in the Batalhão do Peçanha defense, Kıraç Uskan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Petr Čech. The Batalhão do Peçanha fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Petr Čech should have stopped the shot. Nenko Reza was a little too slow when Pranas Užkuraitis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 1-3. In the 89th minute, Kıraç Uskan 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 Villaverde Celeste Clube getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Nicolai Otamendi hit a great ball.