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Spectators: 7195 (Terracing: 5398, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gilvan Mandrak made the kick off which started today's match. Gilvan Mandrak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 10th minute, Emerson Monteiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th match minute, TheShield FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emerson Monteiro to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 15 minutes, Didi Domingues managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Neves FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Didi Domingues was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Laerte Mattos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Alfredo Marques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vladimir Pombal might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alfredo Marques. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vladimir Pombal ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Neves FC's goalkeeper Alfredo Marques, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 30 minutes into the match, Vladimir Pombal dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alfredo Marques, 1-0. Eriberto Trancoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didi Domingues, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Percival Sá received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Eriberto Trancoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd match minute, TheShield FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliézer Sergipano to maneuver through the defense. Maurinho Rocha took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Eriberto Trancoso. TheShield FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After some careless play in the TheShield FC defense, Gilvan Mandrak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eriberto Trancoso. The TheShield FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eriberto Trancoso should have stopped the shot. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Laerte Mattos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Didi Domingues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eriberto Trancoso having to interfere. Laerte Mattos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Laerte Mattos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Laerte Mattos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute, Didi Domingues ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eriberto Trancoso was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Glauco Abraão during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Neves FC's Percival Sá got a free kick in the 76th minute. Didi Domingues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Didi Domingues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Neves FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.