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Spectators: 6857 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 990, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Giovanni Alagoano made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Legion of Boom's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseu Guerra came free, but Abdi Ufki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Natingui FC's Eliseu Guerra sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdi Ufki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Legion of Boom's Abdi Ufki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseu Guerra in the 9th minute of play. After 11 minutes Legion of Boom's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gustavo de Queiroz who took care of the corner kick. Natingui FC's Gustavo de Queiroz was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Abdi Ufki in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The supporters of Natingui FC booed when Legion of Boom was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernandinho Pombal didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Manuel das Neves managed to get in a good position for a shot. Natingui FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Manuel das Neves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abdi Ufki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Abdi Ufki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseu Guerra in the 20th minute of play. Eliseu Guerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Abdi Ufki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If José Branco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Legion of Boom's goalkeeper Abdi Ufki, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Abdi Ufki didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Branco went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Eliseu Guerra put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Abdi Ufki. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eliseu Guerra to make the kick off. Abdi Ufki made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Eliseu Guerra sent off a good shot on target. Eliseu Guerra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eliseu Guerra got free with Abdi Ufki in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abdi Ufki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseu Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eliseu Guerra's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 64thth minute, Abdi Ufki skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 66thth minute of the game Eliseu Guerra who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Legion of Boom's Abdi Ufki was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 69th minute, Lars-Erik Gustafsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Abdi Ufki. The goal made the score 0-3. Alisson Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mazinho Koehler in the 75th minute of the match. After 76th play minutes Eliseu Guerra shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Abdi Ufki and just under the crossbar into goal. Abdi Ufki was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eliseu Guerra showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 83 minute of play. Legion of Boom's Abdi Ufki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseu Guerra in the 86th minute of play. After 89 minutes of play, Natingui FC's Eliseu Guerra made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdi Ufki was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Natingui FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Natingui FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.