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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, José Sand had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matei Răducu. MarquinhosEC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that José Sand was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Matei Răducu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavius Postelnicescu in the 6th minute of the match. Evelio Rico's late challenge caught a MarquinhosEC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Evelio Rico helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ITAFUT 4EVER getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Evelio Rico hit a great ball. After some careless play in the MarquinhosEC defense, José Sand kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Matei Răducu. The MarquinhosEC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Matei Răducu should have stopped the shot. ITAFUT 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after MarquinhosEC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jean-Paul Møffelmand took the corner. After taking down the ball on ITAFUT 4EVER's corner Jean-Paul Møffelmand fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Matei Răducu quite easily take care of the ball. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 20 minutes into the game, ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matei Răducu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Gabriel Martini made in the 23rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Vágner Porto however managed to control. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save ITAFUT 4EVER from getting a goal against them. Matei Răducu 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 26th minute. If José Sand had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Matei Răducu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Sand in the 31st minute of play. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curt Montes in the 33rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jordan Henderson got a free kick in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Sand in the 39th minute of play forced MarquinhosEC's goalkeeper Matei Răducu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 40th minute of the match Evelio Rico completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Evelio Rico a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 40th minute, Evelio Rico hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rd minute José Sand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matei Răducu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Sand in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matei Răducu saved MarquinhosEC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Sand in the 47th minute of play forced MarquinhosEC's goalkeeper Matei Răducu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The MarquinhosEC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ITAFUT 4EVER were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell José Sand to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Gabriel Martini managed to get in a good position for a shot. MarquinhosEC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gabriel Martini was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nilson Peres breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind MarquinhosEC's goalkeeper Matei Răducu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 65th match minute, MarquinhosEC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteve Quinto to maneuver through the defense. ITAFUT 4EVER's João Vítor Porto was substituted for Flavius Postelnicescu. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Jardel Baggio replaced José Sand. In the 66th match minute, MarquinhosEC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Esteve Quinto to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute, Jardel Baggio 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. In the 82nd match minute, ITAFUT 4EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Durval Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. If Inácio Freitas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Matei Răducu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jardel Baggio in the 94th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ITAFUT 4EVER eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.