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Pirenopolis
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tarcisio Neves started the match with the kick off. NewGate FC's José Maria Pitta got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by NewGate FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aírton de Senna was slow to take the kick. During this time Tupacyguara's players had a chance to rest. Giuseppe Xavier charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Giuseppe Xavier the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 10 minutes into the game, one of Tupacyguara:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Tupacyguara:s Jeferson Toledo showed great skill when he stopped Benê Furlan:s penalty. Benê Furlan scored 1-0 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeferson Toledo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nilmar de Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarcisio Neves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nilmar de Almeida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Moreno in the 16th minute of play. 18 minutes into the game, Tarcisio Neves cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Nilmar de Almeida was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jeferson Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benê Furlan, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute, Lorenzo Kellogg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Moreno in the 27th minute of play forced NewGate FC's goalkeeper Nilmar de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nilmar de Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Moreno, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lorenzo Kellogg in the 28th minute of play forced NewGate FC's goalkeeper Nilmar de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nilmar de Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Moreno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nilmar de Almeida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dündar Aymaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After having played for 35 minutes, Charles Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NewGate FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Charles Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 40 minutes into the match, Tarcisio Neves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nilmar de Almeida. NewGate FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tarcisio Neves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Benê Furlan took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Jeferson Toledo to make any attempt to save it. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when José Maria Pitta made the kick off in the second half. Jeferson Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Maria Pitta in the 52nd minute of the match. Didi Corrêa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, NewGate FC's Nilmar de Almeida got control of the ball when Lorenzo Kellogg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Charles Santos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeferson Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Maria Pitta, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Jeferson Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Maria Pitta, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After 70 minutes of play Tupacyguara's Giuseppe Xavier was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Giuseppe Xavier hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute José Maria Pitta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeferson Toledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeferson Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charles Santos in the 76th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Tupacyguara's Jonathan Moreno got a free kick in the 77th minute. 78 minutes into the match, NewGate FC's Mauro Figueiredo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jeferson Toledo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jeferson Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Maria Pitta in the 84th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Tupacyguara's goal looked a bit too open when José Maria Pitta came free, but Jeferson Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute Lorenzo Kellogg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilmar de Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.