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Leal Chapelão
Spectators: 7231 (Terracing: 5425, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Válbson de Sena took the kick off in the first half of the match. Válbson de Sena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruy de Sena having to interfere. Ruy de Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dudu Ferraz, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Ruy de Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Válbson de Sena in the 14th minute of the match. Ruy de Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Válbson de Sena in the 18th minute of the match. André Leal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didi Quadros, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 20thth minute of the game Dudu Ferraz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RAFA JUNIORS's Ruy de Sena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Válbson de Sena took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ruy de Sena. Ruy de Sena dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After 29 minutes of play, Athletico Manaus's Válbson de Sena made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruy de Sena was left in no man's land by his defense there! 38 minutes in the game, Didi Quadros fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without André Leal having to interfere. RAFA JUNIORS's Ruy de Sena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dudu Ferraz in the 40th minute of play. After 40 minutes, João Vítor Terra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RAFA JUNIORS and the Athletico Manaus players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 40th match minute, RAFA JUNIORS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by João Vítor Terra to maneuver through the defense. Ruy de Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dudu Ferraz, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 44th minute, William Paraibano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Paulo Koehler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. André Leal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Didi Quadros made a kick off. 54 minutes into the game, RAFA JUNIORS's José Paulo Koehler nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. André Leal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. João Vítor Terra kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. After 60 minutes of play, Athletico Manaus's Dudu Ferraz made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruy de Sena was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ruy de Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Válbson de Sena in the 68th minute of the match. After 69 played minutes RAFA JUNIORS got a freekick which was hit by João Vítor Terra. Válbson de Sena was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 72nd minute. Athletico Manaus's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The referee gave Athletico Manaus a penalty, 74 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ruy Moreira, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of RAFA JUNIORS's Ruy de Sena. 1-7. Válbson de Sena might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ruy de Sena. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Válbson de Sena ran back to his position shaking his head. After 78 minutes of play, Athletico Manaus's Dudu Ferraz made it 1-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruy de Sena was left in no man's land by his defense there! RAFA JUNIORS's Ruy de Sena proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save RAFA JUNIORS from getting a goal against them. Válbson de Sena 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. After 92 played minutes RAFA JUNIORS got a freekick which was hit by José Paulo Koehler. The audience was convinced that Válbson de Sena's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ruy de Sena was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. In the 98th of the match, Válbson de Sena tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Ruy de Sena got in the way and made a wonderful save. Athletico Manaus played a much better game than RAFA JUNIORS and deserved their victory. The RAFA JUNIORS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.