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Arrieiro
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ernesto Miranda made the kick off which started today's match. Dênis Ferraz charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dênis Ferraz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dênis Ferraz hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Rafael Diniz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When BICHO SOLTO's Carlos Alberto de Amorim in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CAPE TOWN MZC's goalie prevented a goal. Carlos Alberto de Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CAPE TOWN MZC's Dênis Ferraz got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Ernesto Miranda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lino Coutinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. CAPE TOWN MZC's Juninho Antunes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Alberto de Amorim in the 18th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, BICHO SOLTO's goalkeeper Lino Coutinho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexsandro de Barros. BICHO SOLTO's Lino Coutinho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save BICHO SOLTO from getting a goal against them. Carlos Alberto de Amorim might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Juninho Antunes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carlos Alberto de Amorim ran back to his position shaking his head. 34 minutes into the match, BICHO SOLTO's goalkeeper Lino Coutinho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexsandro de Barros. Rafael Diniz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juninho Antunes having to interfere. Rafael Diniz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juninho Antunes having to interfere. In the 39th minute Carlos Alberto de Amorim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juninho Antunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Diniz in the 40th minute of play forced CAPE TOWN MZC's goalkeeper Juninho Antunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Alexsandro de Barros put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Lino Coutinho.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rafael Diniz to strike the kick off in the second half. If Carlos Alberto de Amorim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57th minute, Benê Martins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute Alexsandro de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Coutinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in BICHO SOLTO's zone, Ernesto Miranda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lino Coutinho came out of the goal and Ernesto Miranda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Carlos Alberto de Amorim recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Rafael Diniz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juninho Antunes was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. When Alexsandro de Barros came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the CAPE TOWN MZC 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 Alexsandro de Barros couldn't finish the play. Lino Coutinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexsandro de Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexsandro de Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Lino Coutinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexsandro de Barros in the 80th minute of play forced BICHO SOLTO's goalkeeper Lino Coutinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Alberto de Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Diniz in the 84th minute of play forced CAPE TOWN MZC's goalkeeper Juninho Antunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benê Martins hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. 89 minutes into the game, Dráuzio Andrade was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BICHO SOLTO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave CAPE TOWN MZC the free kick. A collision led to BICHO SOLTO getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Dráuzio Andrade hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the BICHO SOLTO players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for CAPE TOWN MZC.