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Flora
Spectators: 6661 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 0) Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Raúl Prestes made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Arthur Veloso sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Meriti's Pedrão Loyola got a free kick in the 4th minute. Flora's Luisinho Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça in the 8th minute of play. Luisinho Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luan Domingues in the 10th minute of the match. Zé Rocha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luan Domingues kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arthur Veloso in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Raúl Prestes prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Meriti's zone, Arthur Veloso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raúl Prestes came out of the goal and Arthur Veloso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luisinho Souza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça in the 27th minute of play. Luisinho Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedrão Loyola, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Luisinho Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flora's Arthur Veloso got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luisinho Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedrão Loyola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça in the 38th minute of play forced Flora's goalkeeper Luisinho Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vânderson Ortiz charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vânderson Ortiz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Meriti's Vânderson Ortiz got a free kick in the 39th minute. 41 minutes in the game Marcus Marques got a great opportunity which he missed by shooting outside the goal. Flora's Marcus Marques got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Meriti's Luan Domingues got a free kick in the 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arthur Veloso was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute Arthur Veloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raúl Prestes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Flora's Luisinho Souza got control of the ball when Sílvio Luís Bastos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 67th minute, Sílvio Luís Bastos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luan Domingues's late challenge caught a Flora's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luan Domingues helped the player get up and apologised. After 75 played minutes Meriti got a freekick which was hit by Luan Domingues. Flora's Geraldo Barreto got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Meriti's protests and gave Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça a yellow card for diving instead. In the 78th match minute, Meriti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. João Braga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raúl Prestes having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Meriti's Luiz Guilherme de Mendonça dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. 91 minutes into the match, Arthur Veloso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raúl Prestes. Meriti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arthur Veloso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Meriti eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.