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Ronaland
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) OFF's José Paulo Mazza started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Amílton da Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cléber da Silveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Horácio Mazza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. OFF's Horácio Mazza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save OFF from getting a goal against them. Eugênio Arce showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Paulo Mazza, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Eugênio Arce showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerson Veiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Eugênio Arce made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Paulo Mazza in the 23rd minute of play. In the 25th minute Gerson Veiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugênio Arce saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Rona's goal looked a bit too open when José Paulo Mazza came free, but Eugênio Arce reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Rona's goal looked a bit too open when Gerson Veiga came free, but Eugênio Arce reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Paulo Mazza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugênio Arce having to interfere. Cléber da Silveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Horácio Mazza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cléber da Silveira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, OFF's Horácio Mazza got control of the ball when Cléber da Silveira tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amílton da Fonseca to make the kick off. Horácio Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cléber da Silveira, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Amílton da Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horácio Mazza having to interfere. Fabiano Maranhense took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 60th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Horácio Mazza. OFF's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Horácio Mazza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cléber da Silveira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the OFF defense, Cléber da Silveira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Horácio Mazza. The OFF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Horácio Mazza should have stopped the shot. Horácio Mazza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cléber da Silveira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 74 played minutes OFF got a freekick which was hit by Jorge Castro. Rona's Amílton da Fonseca got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 81 minutes into the match, Rona's Cléber da Silveira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Horácio Mazza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 81st minute, Jorge Castro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 85 minutes, Dagoberto Tavares mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rona and the OFF players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 84 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Rona! The referee gave OFF a penalty, 87 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Walmyr Cosme, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Rona's Eugênio Arce. 2-1. 93 minutes into the game, Cléber da Silveira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Horácio Mazza was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. There was no doubt that Rona were the better team. Rona's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.