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Urbano Caldeira
Spectators: 7960 (Terracing: 5971, Seating: 1831, VIP seats: 158) Rogelio Aurken showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 5th minute of the match. Chico Valadares kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 9 minutes, Matias Taffarel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Rogelio Aurken took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chico Valadares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rogelio Aurken stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chico Valadares's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Matias Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Koch, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, . SC Manhattan .'s Lu Lin Kuan got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 22nd minute Chico Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogelio Aurken saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 24 minutes, Chico Valadares managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Chico Valadares was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel got control of the ball when Caner Timurhan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rogelio Aurken came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares. But to his dismay, Chico Valadares quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Robert Uncescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rogelio Aurken having to interfere. A hard shot 39 in the game by Caner Timurhan from a close distance when the talented Matias Taffarel managed to make a qualified save. . SC Manhattan .'s players were relieved. . SC Manhattan .'s attentive Edward Czech managed to snatch the ball when Válbson Ortiz made a throw-in in the 41st minute of the game. After a rather tough play, . SC Manhattan .'s Pastor Pio got a free kick in the 41st minute. 42 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Douglas Koch came free, but Matias Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, . SC Manhattan .'s Van Dijk got a free kick in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Caner Timurhan was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rogelio Aurken. That made the score 1-2 after 55 minutes of play. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Douglas Koch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Santos City's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Chico Valadares scored to the left of an out of position Rogelio Aurken, making the score, 1-3. In the 64th minute, Chico Valadares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matias Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caner Timurhan in the 66th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Santos City's goalkeeper Rogelio Aurken had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chico Valadares. Chico Valadares scored 1-4 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rogelio Aurken, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Chico Valadares scored 1-5 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rogelio Aurken, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 80th minute Chico Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogelio Aurken saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Washington Netto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 89th minute, Chico Valadares 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. After a defensive mix-up in Santos City's zone, Chico Valadares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rogelio Aurken came out of the goal and Chico Valadares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 95 played minutes . SC Manhattan . got a freekick which was hit by Pastor Pio. Edward Czech kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. After 98 played minutes . SC Manhattan . got a freekick which was hit by Washington Netto. The Santos City fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. . SC Manhattan . were clearly better and deserved to take the win.