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Herminio Espósito
Spectators: 7337 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Paulo Tande kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in Descalvado's zone, Miguel Araújo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luisão Ramalho came out of the goal and Miguel Araújo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Descalvado booed when Embu das Artes F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jorge Proença didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 15th match minute, Descalvado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitinho Nunes to maneuver through the defense. Luisão Ramalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Araújo in the 18th minute of the match. After having played for 21 minutes, Miguel Araújo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Embu das Artes F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miguel Araújo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 23 minutes into the game, Miguel Araújo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Luisão Ramalho. Miguel Araújo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. When Paulo Tande came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Descalvado 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 Paulo Tande couldn't finish the play. In the 30th match minute, Descalvado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Freire to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Leonardo Queirós put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Luisão Ramalho. Miguel Araújo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luisão Ramalho having to interfere. Leonardo Queirós charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leonardo Queirós the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Embu das Artes F.C getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Leonardo Queirós hit a great ball. Leonardo Queirós who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 41stth minute tested the skills of Luisão Ramalho when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Descalvado's Luisão Ramalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Descalvado from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Leonardo Queirós might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luisão Ramalho. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonardo Queirós ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 55th minute, Leonardo Queirós ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luisão Ramalho was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Embu das Artes F.C's Miguel Araújo got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 63 minutes, Miguel Araújo made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Descalvado's Luisão Ramalho tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 66th minute Paulo Tande shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caetano Travassos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miguel Araújo took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luisão Ramalho. Luisão Ramalho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Joaquim das Neves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Luisão Ramalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute, Ciro Freire hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute, Daumantas Mažeika left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Embu das Artes F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. In the 95th minute, Joaquim das Neves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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. Embu das Artes F.C fully deserved thier win.