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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Renan Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Resulhan Ulvi in the 2nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Jimmy Örtendal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Matanza and Steelers's supporters rose to their feet, but Jimmy Örtendal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Doni das Neves breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 8 minutes of play, Matanza and Steelers's Jimmy Örtendal made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Doni das Neves was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aaron Tello blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Doni das Neves having to make a save. Doni das Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leysus Oktavianus in the 14th minute of play. If Doru Pogea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ulrico Herzog got free with Doni das Neves in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ulrico Herzog who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 27thth minute tested the skills of Doni das Neves when he managed to save the team from getting behind. José Maria Ceresso kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. A collision led to TEIXEIRINHA FC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Fred Finsberg hit a great ball. Jimmy Örtendal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 41 minutes into the match, TEIXEIRINHA FC's goalkeeper Doni das Neves had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ulrico Herzog. In the 43rd minute, Leysus Oktavianus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Doni das Neves was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Leysus Oktavianus received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Doni das Neves came out and tried to block the shot, but Leysus Oktavianus slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 46th minute.

After a rather tough play, Matanza and Steelers's César Lucas got a free kick in the 51st minute. Doni das Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Tello in the 65th minute of the match. Doni das Neves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of César Lucas's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Doru Pogea hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute, Doru Pogea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ulrico Herzog might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Doni das Neves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ulrico Herzog ran back to his position shaking his head. Fred Finsberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Renan Mendes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. Matanza and Steelers's Renan Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doru Pogea in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute Ulrico Herzog shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doni das Neves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of TEIXEIRINHA FC booed when Matanza and Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wiliam Peixoto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jacek Limanowski hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. After 97 played minutes, TEIXEIRINHA FC's Anderson da Silva shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Renan Mendes 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 TEIXEIRINHA FC reached it. Matanza and Steelers's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.