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Galena
Spectators: 7229 (Terracing: 5423, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) Juninho do Nascimento hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Evaristo Pinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, FC Croácia 1975's Hamílton Paraíba got a free kick in the 9th minute. Betão de Lima hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Régis Vale sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 20 minutes, Luan Esteves managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Croácia 1975's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luan Esteves was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Galena's Renan Chaves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luan Esteves in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Luan Esteves got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Renan Chaves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luan Esteves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luan Esteves scored 0-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Renan Chaves, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Claudinho Vides kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Luan Esteves notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Galena's Renan Chaves. Renan Chaves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 48 minutes into the game, Luan Esteves cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Renan Chaves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luan Esteves stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Hamílton Paraíba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Chaves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 55th minute, Betão de Lima got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Elder Passos hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Luan Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Renan Chaves having to interfere. Luan Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Renan Chaves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Renan Chaves came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by FC Croácia 1975's Pedrão Borges. But to his dismay, Pedrão Borges quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. When Betão de Lima fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Galena's protests and gave Betão de Lima a yellow card for diving instead. After 69 played minutes Galena got a freekick which was hit by Claudinho Vides. Evaristo Pinho charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Evaristo Pinho the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Régis Vale fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Pirani having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, FC Croácia 1975's goal looked a bit too open when Régis Vale came free, but Armando Pirani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Croácia 1975's Luan Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Elder Passos hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Croácia 1975 walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.