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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eugênio Tasso got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to ITAFUT 4EVER getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Renatinho Urbano hit a great ball. A collision led to Karaboudjan getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Elano Travassos hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pedro Luiz Perez during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Pedro Luiz Perez hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Emerson Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugênio Tasso in the 11th minute of the match. Emerson Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eugênio Tasso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elano Travassos kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the game, Célio Cruz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Karaboudjan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ITAFUT 4EVER the free kick. In the 25th minute, Sebastião Diniz fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 27 minutes into the match José Augusto Novaes climbed in front of goal and pressed up 2-0 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Jefferson do Vale. Raí Rodrigues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emerson Leão having to interfere. Jefferson do Vale didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Orlando Mineiro went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. When Renatinho Urbano fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ITAFUT 4EVER's protests and gave Renatinho Urbano a yellow card for diving instead. Karaboudjan's Eugênio Tasso got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when José Augusto Novaes made the kick off in the second half. When José Augusto Novaes came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the ITAFUT 4EVER 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 José Augusto Novaes couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Mineiro in the 59th minute of play forced Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Jefferson do Vale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ITAFUT 4EVER's Sidney Lima was substituted for Sebastião Diniz. ITAFUT 4EVER's Renatinho Urbano got his second yellow card of the match in the 64th minute. The referee ordered Renatinho Urbano off the ground. Renatinho Urbano hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. A collision led to ITAFUT 4EVER getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Renatinho Urbano hit a great ball. Jefferson do Vale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Augusto Novaes in the 68th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugênio Tasso got free with Emerson Leão in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Beto Aparecido had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Edgar Baiano replaced Beto Aparecido. 87 minutes into the match, Karaboudjan's goal looked a bit too open when Beto Viana came free, but Jefferson do Vale reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Augusto Novaes took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jefferson do Vale. Jefferson do Vale dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. ITAFUT 4EVER were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Karaboudjan for a fine match.