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Portugália Arena
Spectators: 7990 (Terracing: 5994, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mario Jesus Jardel made the kick off which started today's match. Fanis Geronimidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomé De Roeulx, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Mario Jesus Jardel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fanis Geronimidis. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomé De Roeulx in the 8th minute of play. Rogério Soberano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doni Cordeiro in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomé De Roeulx in the 13th minute of play forced Belotaurus FC's goalkeeper Fanis Geronimidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fanis Geronimidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlos Fernando dos Santos in the 15th minute. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Belotaurus FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlos Fernando dos Santos was slow to take the kick. During this time CA Portugália's players had a chance to rest. Carlos Fernando dos Santos made a great header on CA Portugália's corner, it was just that Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doni Cordeiro in the 19th minute of play forced CA Portugália's goalkeeper Rogério Soberano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Fernandinho Barral hit a great ball. Fanis Geronimidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mario Jesus Jardel in the 31st minute. In the 34th minute of the match, Tomé De Roeulx tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Fanis Geronimidis saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Fanis Geronimidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Jesus Jardel in the 35th minute of the match. After 41 played minutes CA Portugália got a freekick which was hit by Gu Xiang Zhou. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Silviu Novac in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rogério Soberano saved CA Portugália from getting behind. In the 44th minute Tomé De Roeulx shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fanis Geronimidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Silviu Novac to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, CA Portugália's Rogério Soberano got control of the ball when Doni Cordeiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. 54 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Belotaurus FC's Silviu Novac fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Rogério Soberano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erivaldo Perez in the 56th minute of play. In the 59th minute of the match, Silviu Novac tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rogério Soberano saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 68 minutes into the match, CA Portugália's goal looked a bit too open when Erivaldo Perez came free, but Rogério Soberano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belotaurus FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erivaldo Perez in the 69th minute. Waldemar Schmidt was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silviu Novac got free with Rogério Soberano in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Doni Cordeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute Carlos Fernando dos Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fanis Geronimidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Waldemar Schmidt got free with Rogério Soberano in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Belotaurus FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Rando Mäe hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Belotaurus FC's Rando Mäe got a free kick in the 81st minute. Rogério Soberano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silviu Novac in the 85th minute of play. Fanis Geronimidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Fernando dos Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Jesus Jardel in the 94th minute of play. After 96 played minutes CA Portugália got a freekick which was hit by Günalp Boysel. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.