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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) ITAFUT 4EVER's Boguslaw Tarasek started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Colombia's Samuel Navarro got a free kick in the 4th minute. Kevin Mastache hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Boguslaw Tarasek had several of the Colombia's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 10 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Pedro Manzanares as he didn't even see the shot coming. Nilson Peres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Mastache, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Colombia's Pedro Manzanares proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santino Seco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nilson Peres stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Santino Seco's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. Sidney Bertassi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pedro Manzanares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boguslaw Tarasek in the 22nd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Axel Montenegro in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nilson Peres prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Axel Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nilson Peres. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Axel Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Axel Montenegro in the 29th minute of play. Samuel Navarro was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 32 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute, Samuel Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pedro Manzanares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidney Bertassi, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. With a little luck, Colombia's Pedro Manzanares got control of the ball when Sidney Bertassi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Axel Montenegro in the 46th minute. The corner led Colombia's Axel Montenegro to fire away a dangerous shot which Nilson Peres despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 47th minute Colombia were awarded a corner. Axel Montenegro went to the cornerflag to take it.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abram Sarmiento was the one to do the kick off. In the 62nd minute Abram Sarmiento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilson Peres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. Jardel Baggio replaced Sidney Bertassi. ITAFUT 4EVER made a substitution. João Vítor Porto replaced Sebastião Henriques. Pascual Carballar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Nilson Peres made a huge save. Colombia's Abram Secada was substituted for Axel Montenegro. Marquinhos Best made in the 74th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Colombia's Kevin Mastache. After having played for 76 minutes, José Sand managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Sand was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Sand in the 78th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Pedro Manzanares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Mastache in the 84th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Nilson Peres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Mastache came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Colombia's Santino Seco in the 92nd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Nilson Peres was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for ITAFUT 4EVER through an amazing save. Colombia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kevin Mastache in the 93rd minute. ITAFUT 4EVER were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Colombia for a fine match.