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Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antal Földes started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antal Földes in the 5th minute of play forced Mandalas's goalkeeper Zeca Couve to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristian Vaz during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. TheGazette's Gustavo Breckenfeld was substituted for Gerson Alcântara. After 11 played minutes Mandalas got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Vaz. In the 12th minute, Antal Földes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zeca Couve was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 21st minute, Antal Földes 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. Cristian Vaz hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. When Antal Földes came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the TheGazette fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Antal Földes couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Mandalas getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Magno Freitas hit a great ball. Marquinhos Ramalhos short, quick shot in the 29thth minute got Müjdat Semin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Geovanni Félix received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Zeca Couve tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Müjdat Semin managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Mandalas's Marquinhos Ramalho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marquinhos Ramalho hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. If Geovanni Félix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marquinhos Ramalho made a kick off. After 51 minutes, Betão Messias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TheGazette and the Mandalas players grew even worse after the yellow card. Betão Messias kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. The corner ended in Magno Freitas almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but TheGazette's Müjdat Semin did a great save. Jaap Onega hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 55th minute of the match Gustavo Breckenfeld sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zeca Couve skillfully saved the ball. TheGazette's Geovanni Félix suffered a concussion after 60 minutes and had to leave the field. 60 minutes into the game, Behzat Oğuzhan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mandalas's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave TheGazette the free kick. In the 60th match minute, Mandalas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Behzat Oğuzhan to maneuver through the defense. Gustavo Breckenfeld struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Zeca Couve didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TheGazette. In the 64th minute Marquinhos Ramalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Müjdat Semin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, TheGazette's goal looked a bit too open when Marquinhos Ramalho came free, but Müjdat Semin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Marquinhos Ramalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Müjdat Semin was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Gustavo Breckenfeld managed to get in a good position for a shot. TheGazette's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Breckenfeld was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zeca Couve breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 80 minutes into the match, TheGazette's goal looked a bit too open when Marquinhos Ramalho came free, but Müjdat Semin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 82 minutes, Marquinhos Ramalho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mandalas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marquinhos Ramalho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Mandalas's Jaap Onega got a free kick in the 85th minute. TheGazette's Müjdat Semin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marquinhos Ramalho in the 91st minute of play. Linus Ström hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. TheGazette played a much better game than Mandalas and deserved their victory. The Mandalas players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.