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Estádio Itauninha
Spectators: 6641 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1641, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benjamin Borges made the kick off which started today's match. Luís Eduardo Palmeira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vivaldo Aguiar's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. 8 minutes into the game, Itauninha's Alan Azevedo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Freddy Enaut made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Vivaldo Aguiar sped through Itauninha's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Luís Eduardo Palmeira. When Delfim Seco came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Th3 Kingz 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 Delfim Seco couldn't finish the play. Vivaldo Aguiar blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luís Eduardo Palmeira having to make a save. In the 21st minute, Delfim Seco 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. Freddy Enaut made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juninho Bezerra in the 25th minute of play. Th3 Kingz's Freddy Enaut proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Th3 Kingz from getting a goal against them. Freddy Enaut made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Borges in the 31st minute of play. Itauninha's Juninho Bezerra got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vivaldo Aguiar in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luís Eduardo Palmeira prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luís Eduardo Palmeira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Albertino Santos went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Th3 Kingz's Freddy Enaut proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Th3 Kingz from getting a goal against them. After 48 played minutes Th3 Kingz got a freekick which was hit by Vivaldo Aguiar.

The wind increased when Vivaldo Aguiar made the kick off in the second half. Luís Eduardo Palmeira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vivaldo Aguiar's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Th3 Kingz's attack was well implemented in the 58th minute, but when Vivaldo Aguiar was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. The referee felt a red card was in order, 61 minutes into the game, when Umberto Barbosa put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of Th3 Kingz:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Itauninha:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin Borges in the 66th minute of play forced Th3 Kingz's goalkeeper Freddy Enaut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Vivaldo Aguiar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Th3 Kingz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. Delfim Seco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vivaldo Aguiar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Luís Eduardo Palmeira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Freddy Enaut showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alan Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 84thth minute of the game Vivaldo Aguiar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Itauninha's Luís Eduardo Palmeira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Itauninha's zone, Delfim Seco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Eduardo Palmeira came out of the goal and Delfim Seco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 95th minute Vivaldo Aguiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Eduardo Palmeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 96 minutes into the match, Delfim Seco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Eduardo Palmeira. Itauninha's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Delfim Seco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-6. When the match was over Th3 Kingz could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Itauninha throughout the match.