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mindinho
Spectators: 6600 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eusébio Braga kicked off to start the match. Acácio Alves charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Acácio Alves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Maraja booed when mindinho SS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Acácio Alves didn't get a good kick on the ball. Albertinho Vasconcelos scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Duarte Neto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 15th minute Betão Vergílio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte Neto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Duarte Neto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony de Salles in the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony de Salles in the 22nd minute of play forced mindinho SS's goalkeeper Duarte Neto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, mindinho SS's Edmundo Cordeiro got a free kick in the 26th minute. mindinho SS's Duarte Neto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albertinho Vasconcelos in the 27th minute of play. Filipe Netto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eusébio Braga's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Duarte Neto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Betão Vergílio in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Tony de Salles notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of mindinho SS's Duarte Neto. Duarte Neto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 36 minutes into the match, mindinho SS's goal looked a bit too open when João Pedro Palmeira came free, but Duarte Neto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. mindinho SS's Duarte Neto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albertinho Vasconcelos in the 39th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, mindinho SS's goal looked a bit too open when João Pedro Palmeira came free, but Duarte Neto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duarte Neto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albertinho Vasconcelos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Duarte Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony de Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After the first half Maraja were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Tony de Salles made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, mindinho SS's Duarte Neto got control of the ball when João Pedro Palmeira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Duarte Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albertinho Vasconcelos, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eusébio Braga in the 56th minute of play forced Maraja's goalkeeper Filipe Netto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Acácio Alves hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Tony de Salles took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Duarte Neto to make any attempt to save it. Betão Vergílio charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Betão Vergílio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 61st minute, Betão Vergílio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to mindinho SS getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Acácio Alves hit a great ball. In the 64th play minute João Pedro Palmeira came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Duarte Neto. 0-5. After 67 minutes of play, Maraja's Betão Vergílio made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Duarte Neto was left in no man's land by his defense there! João Pedro Palmeira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Duarte Neto made a huge save. If Eusébio Braga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luisinho Leme hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 81stth minute of the game Eusébio Braga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Maraja's Filipe Netto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 83rd match minute, Maraja was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Betão Vergílio to maneuver through the defense. 86 minutes into the game, Eusébio Braga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. mindinho SS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Maraja the free kick. The supporters of Maraja booed when mindinho SS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eusébio Braga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Duarte Neto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albertinho Vasconcelos, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Eusébio Braga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipe Netto having to interfere. 93 minutes into the game, Wilson Coelho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Maraja's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave mindinho SS the free kick. In the 93rd match minute, Maraja was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilson Coelho to maneuver through the defense. Filipe Netto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinei Seco in the 94th minute of the match. The mindinho SS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Maraja were clearly better and deserved to take the win.