Challenge

Orlando Pereira
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Richard Linhares kicked off to start the match. Chicão Novaes was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 5 minutes into the match. Magnifico FC - FSCMZ:s Nestor Paraibano showed great skill when he stopped Jaime Cazalla:s penalty. 7 minutes into the game, Uruguay's Jaime Cazalla nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nestor Paraibano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Uruguay from getting a goal against them. Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Richard Senna in the 11th minute. Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's Nestor Paraibano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximiliano Escribano in the 16th minute of play. The throw-in from Cícero Faria in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Uruguay's Alberto Gisbert. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Seco in the 18th minute of play forced Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Nestor Paraibano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Seco in the 23rd minute of play forced Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Nestor Paraibano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Franco. In the 31st minute, Gugu Tande 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 35th minute, Francisco Seco made a precise shot to the right of Nestor Paraibano. Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 39th minute, Camilo Franco made a precise shot to the right of Nestor Paraibano. Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's Nestor Paraibano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Seco in the 43rd minute of play. Alan Machado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Francisco Seco to strike the kick off in the second half. Uruguay's Alberto Gisbert quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Kléber Magalhães, made in the 54th minute of the game. Francisco Seco received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nestor Paraibano came out and tried to block the shot, but Francisco Seco slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximiliano Escribano in the 63rd minute of play forced Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Nestor Paraibano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nestor Paraibano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maximiliano Escribano went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Magnifico FC - FSCMZ's Nestor Paraibano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Magnifico FC - FSCMZ from getting a goal against them. 74 minutes into the game, Kléber Magalhães threw the ball into play from the sideline. Uruguay's Alberto Gisbert quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Dorival Xavier charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dorival Xavier the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Jaime Cazalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nestor Paraibano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Seco in the 79th minute. Dorian Marquez hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Nestor Paraibano was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Jaime Cazalla. Nestor Paraibano made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Maximiliano Escribano sent off a good shot on target. Dorival Xavier hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Uruguay played a much better game than Magnifico FC - FSCMZ and deserved their victory. The Magnifico FC - FSCMZ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.