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Estádio O Legendário
Spectators: 8010 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alfredo Martins took the kick off in the first half of the match. A.C.Mandala's Su Xiang Chuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dorian Moraes in the 2nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dorival Leão in the 11th minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Dida Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A.C.Mandala's Su Xiang Chuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dorian Moraes in the 27th minute of play. A.C.Mandala's Su Xiang Chuan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save A.C.Mandala from getting a goal against them. Dida Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Gustavsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Su Xiang Chuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Martins in the 34th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Marquês de Herval's Su Xiang Chuan threw himself towards the right post 34 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alfredo Martins, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Dorian Moraes hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After 46 minutes, José Maria Ramalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marquês de Herval and the A.C.Mandala players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th minute, José Maria Ramalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute, Luisinho Penha sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Marquês de Herval's Dida Taffarel didn't even have to move. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

German Cano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A.C.Mandala's Su Xiang Chuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Martins in the 56th minute of play. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Gustavsson in the 58th minute of the match. A collision led to A.C.Mandala getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Pang Di hit a great ball. After 61 played minutes, Marquês de Herval's Moussa Kabre shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Su Xiang Chuan 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 Marquês de Herval reached it. Su Xiang Chuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from German Cano in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64th match minute, A.C.Mandala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Maranhense to maneuver through the defense. In the 68th minute of the match A.C.Mandala got a corner. Marquês de Herval's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luisinho Penha ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 68th minute, Javier Maroto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Su Xiang Chuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dorian Moraes in the 70th minute of play. Lorenzo Mendebal kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Su Xiang Chuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from German Cano in the 75th minute of the match. Marquês de Herval's attentive Gaston Gonzalez managed to snatch the ball when Johnny Babylon made a throw-in in the 78th minute of the game. Su Xiang Chuan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alfredo Martins went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After 83 played minutes A.C.Mandala got a freekick which was hit by Luisinho Penha. 90 minutes into the match, German Cano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Su Xiang Chuan. A.C.Mandala's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that German Cano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Maranhense in the 93rd minute of play. Su Xiang Chuan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from German Cano went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Marquês de Herval fully deserved thier win.