Gillete Stadium
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5594,
Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Didi Castro made the kick off which started today's match. Rui Cabral's late challenge caught a New England Patriots's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rui Cabral helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of New England Patriots booed when ADM Taquaras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rui Cabral didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mazinho de Sousa hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute of the match Michel Rüdiger shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valdomiro Nunes showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 6 minutes of play, ADM Taquaras's Dito Donato made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valdomiro Nunes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 10th minute, Michel Drogba made a precise shot to the right of Valdomiro Nunes. New England Patriots's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Décio Marinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Didi Castro in the 12th minute of the match. Décio Marinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Didi Castro in the 13th minute of play. 14 minutes into the game, Reginaldo Prado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. New England Patriots's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ADM Taquaras the free kick. The supporters of ADM Taquaras booed when New England Patriots was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reginaldo Prado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valdomiro Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michel Rüdiger in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute Michel Drogba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdomiro Nunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Augusto Coelho got free with Décio Marinho in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wilson Duarte charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilson Duarte the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 20th match minute, ADM Taquaras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilson Duarte to maneuver through the defense. Michel Drogba took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valdomiro Nunes. Valdomiro Nunes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. New England Patriots's Duda Pitta got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Valdomiro Nunes didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ADM Taquaras's Dito Donato shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Décio Marinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Didi Castro in the 31st minute of the match. Rui Cabral lost his temper 32 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 31st minute, one of ADM Taquaras:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ADM Taquaras. Décio Marinho had in the 33rdth minute some difficulties stopping Mazinho de Sousa's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Mazinho de Sousa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Décio Marinho having to interfere. Décio Marinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Augusto Coelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valdomiro Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michel Shevchenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 44 minutes into the game, Alfredinho Macedo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. New England Patriots's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ADM Taquaras the free kick. Alfredinho Macedo kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Valdomiro Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dito Donato, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Michel Drogba was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute Duda Pitta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Décio Marinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Didi Castro scored 1-4 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Décio Marinho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Décio Marinho came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by New England Patriots's Didi Castro. But to his dismay, Didi Castro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. Valdomiro Nunes made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Michel Drogba sent off a good shot on target. When ADM Taquaras's Michel Drogba in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye New England Patriots's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, New England Patriots's Valdomiro Nunes got control of the ball when Michel Drogba tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, New England Patriots's Duda Pitta got a free kick in the 64th minute. Valdomiro Nunes was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Michel Rüdiger. 66 minutes into the game, Michel Shevchenko cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Valdomiro Nunes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 69 minutes into the match, Duda Pitta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Décio Marinho. ADM Taquaras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Duda Pitta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. Michel Drogba's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Valdomiro Nunes firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience was convinced that Michel Shevchenko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valdomiro Nunes was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Décio Marinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Didi Castro in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michel Shevchenko in the 88th minute of play forced New England Patriots's goalkeeper Valdomiro Nunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valdomiro Nunes was out of position in the 92 minute of play, and Dito Donato capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dito Donato really showed his touch with that goal: 3-6. The ADM Taquaras players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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