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Piratas Arena
Spectators: 5677 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 20) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Valdir Santos kicked off to start the match. João Adolfo Gonçalves recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 7thth minute of the game Valdir Santos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Piratas.FC's José Pedro Maciel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Moisés Vasconcelos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. José Pedro Maciel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Piratas.FC's José Pedro Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manoel França in the 11th minute of play. José Pedro Maciel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdir Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Piratas.FC's José Pedro Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdir Santos in the 14th minute of play. In the 16thth minute of the game Valdir Santos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Piratas.FC's José Pedro Maciel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 18 played minutes Galáctico FC got a freekick which was hit by Edinho Rosado. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anderson Mendes got free with Ari Fingkreuw in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. José Pedro Maciel came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Galáctico FC's Valdir Santos. But to his dismay, Valdir Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. With a little luck, Galáctico FC's Ari Fingkreuw got control of the ball when Anderson Mendes tried to sneak it across the goal line. José Pedro Maciel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdir Santos in the 29th minute of the match. The throw-in from Paulo José Prado in the 37th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Galáctico FC's Sílvio Luís Maciel. Piratas.FC's José Pedro Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdir Santos in the 39th minute of play. When Moisés Vasconcelos came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Galáctico FC 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 Moisés Vasconcelos couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Piratas.FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Paulo José Prado hit a great ball. After 43 played minutes, Galáctico FC's João Adolfo Gonçalves shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper José Pedro Maciel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Galáctico FC reached it. Piratas.FC's José Pedro Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdir Santos in the 45th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Piratas.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Manoel França came free, but José Pedro Maciel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anderson Mendes to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Galáctico FC's Moisés Vasconcelos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Pedro Maciel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. When Galáctico FC's Moisés Vasconcelos in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Piratas.FC's goalie prevented a goal. 59 minutes into the game, Valdir Santos recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of José Pedro Maciel. Valdir Santos showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. Valdir Santos had several of the Piratas.FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 63 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-4 score and a disappointed José Pedro Maciel as he didn't even see the shot coming. José Pedro Maciel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valdir Santos's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Moisés Vasconcelos struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. José Pedro Maciel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Galáctico FC. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valdir Santos in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck José Pedro Maciel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Moisés Vasconcelos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adelino de Alcântara made in the 72nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Vladimir Viana however managed to control. When Galáctico FC's Valdir Santos in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Piratas.FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 78th minute Moisés Vasconcelos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Pedro Maciel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valdir Santos got free with José Pedro Maciel in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Piratas.FC's José Pedro Maciel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdir Santos in the 84th minute of play. 84 minutes into the game, Vladimir Viana was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Piratas.FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Galáctico FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Piratas.FC's Vladimir Viana got a free kick in the 85th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Galáctico FC's Manoel França slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of José Pedro Maciel. That made the score 1-6 after 87 minutes of play. 91 minutes into the match, Piratas.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Moisés Vasconcelos came free, but José Pedro Maciel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valdir Santos in the 92ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of José Pedro Maciel, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 93rd minute, Vladimir Viana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Piratas.FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-6. The Piratas.FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Galáctico FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.