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Spectators: 8058 (Terracing: 6045, Seating: 1853, VIP seats: 160) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Celso Sobral took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lourenço Vieira during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Red Star Monção's Lourenço Vieira got a free kick in the 7th minute. Celso Sobral took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Osvaldo Alvarenga. Osvaldo Alvarenga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Osvaldo Alvarenga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celso Sobral in the 16th minute of the match. Celso Sobral kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Red Star Monção's Osvaldo Alvarenga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celso Sobral in the 20th minute of play. After 27 minutes, Paul Newman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Star Monção and the IOL players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Red Star Monção's Paul Newman got a free kick in the 27th minute. After 28 played minutes, IOL's Alexandrino Tomé shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Osvaldo Alvarenga came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in IOL reached it. In the 30th minute, Paul Newman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, IOL's Alexandrino Tomé got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After some careless play in the Red Star Monção defense, Celso Sobral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Osvaldo Alvarenga. The Red Star Monção fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Osvaldo Alvarenga should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when John Wayne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, IOL's goal looked a bit too open when Teodoro Lameiras came free, but Sabino Marques reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luís Oliveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sabino Marques having to interfere. Red Star Monção's Osvaldo Alvarenga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Red Star Monção from getting a goal against them. Zachary Paraszczuk hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Romão Neves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Osvaldo Alvarenga was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. A collision led to Red Star Monção getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Osvaldo França hit a great ball. Romão Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Osvaldo Alvarenga made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Celso Sobral sent off a good shot on target. 80 minutes into the match, Red Star Monção's goalkeeper Osvaldo Alvarenga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Celso Sobral. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandrino Tomé in the 81st minute of play forced Red Star Monção's goalkeeper Osvaldo Alvarenga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldo Alvarenga was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alexandrino Tomé showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 82 minute of play. Celso Sobral's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 89thth minute, Osvaldo Alvarenga skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Osvaldo Alvarenga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Silveira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Red Star Monção's Osvaldo Alvarenga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cláudio Castro in the 94th minute of play. Lourenço Vieira hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the match was over IOL could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Red Star Monção throughout the match.