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Match Report
Flora
Spectators: 6657 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Arthur Veloso kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Guaraniuva's Donato da Costa got control of the ball when Geraldo Barreto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Flora's Luisinho Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iuri Reis in the 6th minute of play. Luisinho Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredão Gomes, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Wilian Tasso hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The supporters of Flora booed when Guaraniuva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardo Loyola didn't get a good kick on the ball. When José Paulo Andrade fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Guaraniuva's protests and gave José Paulo Andrade a yellow card for diving instead. José Paulo Andrade kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Geraldo Barreto placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Donato da Costa acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 25th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Wiliam Bittencourt. Donato da Costa made an important save on a dangerous shot by João Braga in the 27th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredão Gomes in the 29th minute of play forced Flora's goalkeeper Luisinho Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Arthur Veloso dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Donato da Costa, 1-1. Geraldo Barreto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Donato da Costa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luisinho Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredão Gomes, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Flora's Luisinho Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Paulo Andrade in the 38th minute of play. After 41 minutes of play Guaraniuva's José Paulo Andrade 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. In the 45th minute Iuri Reis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisinho Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. João Braga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.
If Arthur Veloso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Geraldo Barreto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Donato da Costa having to interfere. If Marcus Marques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iuri Reis in the 58th minute of play forced Flora's goalkeeper Luisinho Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Flora's Wiliam Bittencourt got a free kick in the 58th minute. Donato da Costa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arthur Veloso went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Marcus Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Arthur Veloso managed to get in a good position for a shot. Flora's supporters rose to their feet, but Arthur Veloso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Donato da Costa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zé Rocha scored 3-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Donato da Costa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Marcus Marques came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Flora 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 Marcus Marques couldn't finish the play. Flora's Luisinho Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredão Gomes in the 76th minute of play. The supporters of Flora booed when Guaraniuva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardo Loyola didn't get a good kick on the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Flora's Geraldo Barreto broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After 88 played minutes Guaraniuva got a freekick which was hit by Bernardo Loyola. Arthur Veloso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcus Marques recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Donato da Costa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Marques in the 94th minute of the match. Guaraniuva's Donato da Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Marques in the 95th minute of play. Luisinho Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iuri Reis in the 96th minute of play. Flora'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.
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