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Estádio Passamo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Geovani Moura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Teles in the 3rd minute of play. Geovani Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duda de Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Beneficiente EC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel Teles came free, but Geovani Moura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Natanael Cruz got free with Geovani Moura in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 13th minute Marcel Teles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovani Moura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the game, Natanael Cruz recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Geovani Moura. Natanael Cruz showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 19th minute Duda de Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovani Moura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Geovani Moura managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Guadala's Natanael Cruz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Laércio Albuquerque hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After having played for 29 minutes, Denílson Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beneficiente EC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Denílson Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Geovani Moura made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Natanael Cruz sent off a good shot on target. 35 minutes into the match, Beneficiente EC's goalkeeper Geovani Moura had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nuno Vieira. 40 minutes into the match, Natanael Cruz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Geovani Moura. Beneficiente EC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Natanael Cruz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

In the 52nd match minute, Guadala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duda de Castro to maneuver through the defense. Gilberto Berger's late challenge caught a Guadala's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gilberto Berger helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Beneficiente EC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Gilberto Berger hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the match, Beneficiente EC's goal looked a bit too open when Natanael Cruz came free, but Geovani Moura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute Duda de Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovani Moura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geovani Moura stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Natanael Cruz's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. In the 71st minute, Laércio Albuquerque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Geovani Moura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natanael Cruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 77th match minute, Guadala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clóvis Castro to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Denílson Batista got free with Gilvan Félix in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 88th minute, Beneficiente EC's Jaime Figueiredo seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jaime Figueiredo the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Beneficiente EC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jaime Figueiredo had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 88th match minute, Beneficiente EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Figueiredo to maneuver through the defense. Clóvis Duarte hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Geovani Moura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nuno Vieira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Geovani Moura didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcel Teles went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Guadala's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.