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Caverna dos Dragões
Spectators: 7109 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vânderson Veiga made the kick off which started today's match. Allan Garcia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Douglas Fantini's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. In the 8thth minute of the game Douglas Fantini who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dragões Vermelho's Allan Garcia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dragões Vermelho's Allan Garcia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elivélton Alves in the 12th minute of play. In the 17thth minute of the game Elivélton Alves who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dragões Vermelho's Allan Garcia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Elivélton Alves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elivélton Alves in the 24th minute of play forced Dragões Vermelho's goalkeeper Allan Garcia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Allan Garcia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Douglas Fantini in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th match minute, Dragões Vermelho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kléber Goiano to maneuver through the defense. Elivélton Alves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Douglas Fantini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allan Garcia having to interfere. After 33 minutes of play, Itati's Douglas Fantini made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Allan Garcia was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Dragões Vermelho defense, Vítor Favoretto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Allan Garcia. The Dragões Vermelho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Allan Garcia should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Elivélton Alves to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Hudson Mello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Douglas Fantini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allan Garcia having to interfere. Dragões Vermelho's Allan Garcia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Dragões Vermelho from getting a goal against them. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dragões Vermelho's goalkeeper Allan Garcia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 62 minutes into the match, Douglas Fantini notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Dragões Vermelho's Allan Garcia. Allan Garcia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Elivélton Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Allan Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Douglas Fantini's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Allan Garcia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Douglas Fantini got free with Allan Garcia in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Elivélton Alves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allan Garcia having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Elivélton Alves 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. Allan Garcia was a little too slow when Elivélton Alves got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 87th minute. The score was now 0-4. After some careless play in the Dragões Vermelho defense, Douglas Fantini kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Allan Garcia. The Dragões Vermelho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Allan Garcia should have stopped the shot.