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Estádio Rubim
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aaron Beckett started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Abel Macedo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Reinaldo Simões. That made the score 1-0 in the 2 minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, Reinaldo Simões successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Aaron Beckett had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 17th minute, Zé Pedro Prado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rubim fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Silas Brito's late challenge caught a Esfirraria do Bartholin's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silas Brito helped the player get up and apologised. Rodolfo Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Finn-Christian Melhus in the 25th minute of the match. Rodolfo Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Beckett in the 26th minute of the match. Reinaldo Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Macedo in the 28th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ian Valladares in the 30th minute of play forced Esfirraria do Bartholin's goalkeeper Reinaldo Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Rubim getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Ian Valladares hit a great ball. Ian Valladares took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Reinaldo Simões. Reinaldo Simões dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Zé Pedro Prado's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Reinaldo Simões firmly grabbed it by the left post. 38 minutes into the match, Esfirraria do Bartholin's goal looked a bit too open when Ian Valladares came free, but Reinaldo Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Nelson da Rocha could shoot a difficult shot in the 40th minute, which Reinaldo Simões however easily saved by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ian Valladares in the 41st minute of play forced Esfirraria do Bartholin's goalkeeper Reinaldo Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Rubim getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Zé Pedro Prado hit a great ball. Esfirraria do Bartholin's Reinaldo Simões proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Esfirraria do Bartholin from getting a goal against them. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Ian Valladares made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Ian Valladares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reinaldo Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodolfo Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Beckett in the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute Aaron Beckett shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Esfirraria do Bartholin's Reinaldo Simões played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ian Valladares in the 64th minute of play. If Aaron Beckett had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st minute, Aaron Beckett reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rodolfo Pinho. The goal made the score 3-1. After 74 played minutes Rubim got a freekick which was hit by Dudu Moreno. In the 76th minute, Aaron Beckett 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. In the 80th minute Aaron Beckett shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Esfirraria do Bartholin's José Vítor Albuquerque got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Reinaldo Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Valladares in the 83rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelson da Rocha in the 84th minute of play forced Esfirraria do Bartholin's goalkeeper Reinaldo Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 86 minutes, Aaron Beckett managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Esfirraria do Bartholin's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aaron Beckett was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Reinaldo Simões showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Macedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Reinaldo Simões showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson da Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Esfirraria do Bartholin's Reinaldo Simões played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Pedro Prado in the 93rd minute of play. Ian Valladares took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Reinaldo Simões. Reinaldo Simões dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Rubim walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.