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Match Report
Umary
Spectators: 7135 (Terracing: 5353,
Seating: 1641, VIP seats: 141) Patrick Batista made the kick off and thus started the match. Paulo José Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dino Negri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo José Baptista in the 5th minute of the match. Rui Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rui Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dino Negri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo José Baptista in the 24th minute of the match. If Dida Valle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 32 minutes into the match, CRUZEIRO's goalkeeper Rafinha Meireles had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dida Valle. Elano Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Dida Valle's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rafinha Meireles read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. The supporters of CRUZEIRO booed when Umary was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. José Paulo Cardoso didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute, José Paulo Cardoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 42 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when CRUZEIRO's Paulo José Baptista fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. When Paulo José Baptista came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the CRUZEIRO 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 Paulo José Baptista couldn't finish the play. After 45 minutes, Yuri Santos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Umary and the CRUZEIRO players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Umary's Yuri Santos got a free kick in the 45th minute. 46 minutes into the match, CRUZEIRO's Reginaldo do Vale broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rui Dantas made a kick off. Dino Negri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rui Dantas in the 53rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Umary defense, Paulo José Baptista kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dino Negri. The Umary fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dino Negri should have stopped the shot. Christian de Queiroz kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Rui Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrick Batista in the 75th minute of play forced CRUZEIRO's goalkeeper Rafinha Meireles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patrick Batista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. CRUZEIRO's Rui Dantas got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 90th minute, Dida Valle 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. The Umary fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. CRUZEIRO were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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