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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. José Sand started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute José Sand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leandro Neves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Eduardo Tróia in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Sand in the 6th minute of play forced Caskinha Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Leandro Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Luiz Eduardo Tróia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the Caskinha Esporte Clube defense, José Sand kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leandro Neves. The Caskinha Esporte Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leandro Neves should have stopped the shot. Luiz Eduardo Tróia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Leandro Neves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Sand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ITAFUT 4EVER's Marquinhos Best quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Patryk Sikora, made in the 32nd minute of the game. 33 minutes into the match, Caskinha Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when José Sand came free, but Leandro Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th match minute, Caskinha Esporte Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patryk Sikora to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute, José Sand ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leandro Neves was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The throw-in from Patryk Sikora in the 46th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ITAFUT 4EVER's Marquinhos Best. The crowd rose to their feet as José Sand kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Leandro Neves. That made the score 4-0 in the 47 minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luiz Eduardo Tróia to make the kick off. Leandro Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Sand, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. The corner ended in Jean-Paul Møffelmand almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Caskinha Esporte Clube's Leandro Neves did a great save. Leandro Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Vítor Porto in the 54th minute of the match. Leandro Neves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of José Sand's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. 57 minutes into the game, Evelio Rico threw the ball into play from the sideline. Caskinha Esporte Clube's Artur Campidelis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 61st minute, Wang Sen Jian ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nilson Peres was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. ITAFUT 4EVER's Sidney Bertassi was substituted for Evelio Rico. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Boguslaw Tarasek replaced João Vítor Porto. ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio was substituted for José Sand. In the 69th minute, Jardel Baggio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ITAFUT 4EVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Caskinha Esporte Clube's Betinho de Sousa was substituted for Thor Vennerdal. 78 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leandro Neves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. It was a well-played corner which Sidney Bertassi managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Leandro Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boguslaw Tarasek, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 88th match minute, Caskinha Esporte Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remus Costeiantu to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the match, Caskinha Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Jardel Baggio came free, but Leandro Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after Caskinha Esporte Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jean-Paul Møffelmand took the corner. Boguslaw Tarasek was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After 94 minutes of play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Boguslaw Tarasek made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leandro Neves was left in no man's land by his defense there! ITAFUT 4EVER walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.