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Pampulha
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romário Rezende got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Nação Rubro-negra F.C's zone, Luciano Monteiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Germano Donatello came out of the goal and Luciano Monteiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Doni de Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Luciano Monteiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Germano Donatello. Nação Rubro-negra F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luciano Monteiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Germano Donatello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romário Rezende in the 25th minute of the match. Nação Rubro-negra F.C's Germano Donatello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romário Rezende in the 29th minute of play. Nação Rubro-negra F.C's Germano Donatello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luciano Monteiro in the 31st minute of play. Germano Donatello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo José Cruz in the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Romário Rezende ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Germano Donatello was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Germano Donatello didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Murupu EC's Romário Rezende shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Germano Donatello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Monteiro in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half Murupu EC were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rodriguinho Marques to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, one of Nação Rubro-negra F.C:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Nação Rubro-negra F.C. Romário Rezende placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! After a defensive mix-up in Nação Rubro-negra F.C's zone, Romário Rezende stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Germano Donatello came out of the goal and Romário Rezende tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luciano Monteiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Germano Donatello made a huge save. Luciano Monteiro who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 60thth minute tested the skills of Germano Donatello when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Nação Rubro-negra F.C's Germano Donatello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romário Rezende in the 70th minute of play. In the 74th minute, Murupu EC's Romário Rezende ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Germano Donatello. Germano Donatello yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. After a defensive mix-up in Nação Rubro-negra F.C's zone, Romário Rezende stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Germano Donatello came out of the goal and Romário Rezende tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Germano Donatello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romário Rezende in the 80th minute of the match. In the 81stth minute of the game Romário Rezende who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nação Rubro-negra F.C's Germano Donatello was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luciano Monteiros short, quick shot in the 83rdth minute got Germano Donatello to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Nação Rubro-negra F.C's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Romário Rezende 84 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-6. 92 minutes into the match, Nação Rubro-negra F.C's goalkeeper Germano Donatello had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luciano Monteiro. If Romário Rezende had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.