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Spectators: 7989 (Terracing: 5993, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) Valentin Voicu made the kick off and thus started the match. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Pruss in the 3rd minute of play. Baraxil Sarrate made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ladislao Gerazan in the 4th minute. Mickaël Maris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Pruss, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Horaţiu Măcrinici sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valentin Voicu might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mickaël Maris. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Valentin Voicu ran back to his position shaking his head. Mickaël Maris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Voicu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute of the game, Hustaz Quijana landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 18 minutes, Carolo Cambranes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nova Iguaçu MZFC and the VILLARREAL UNITED players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of VILLARREAL UNITED booed when Nova Iguaçu MZFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carolo Cambranes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valentin Voicu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mickaël Maris having to make a save. After 23 played minutes Nova Iguaçu MZFC got a freekick which was hit by Olavo Costa. 31 minutes into the game, Valentin Voicu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mickaël Maris was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Voicu in the 37th minute of play. In the 38th match minute, Nova Iguaçu MZFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carolo Cambranes to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the match, Valentin Voicu notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris. Mickaël Maris was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ladislao Gerazan's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Baraxil Sarrate firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ladislao Gerazan got free with Baraxil Sarrate in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Horaţiu Măcrinici to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, VILLARREAL UNITED's Valentin Voicu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mickaël Maris made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Laércio Penha was substituted for Ladislao Gerazan. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Andrézinho Vaz was substituted for Horaţiu Măcrinici. Baraxil Sarrate made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laércio Penha in the 64th minute of play. Laércio Penha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mickaël Maris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Voicu in the 70th minute of play. Baraxil Sarrate made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laércio Penha in the 72nd minute of play. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by VILLARREAL UNITED's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luiz Fábio de Medeiros was slow to take the kick. During this time Nova Iguaçu MZFC's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Nova Iguaçu MZFC booed when VILLARREAL UNITED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Llin Villafane didn't get a good kick on the ball. Florian Pruss recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Carolo Cambranes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nova Iguaçu MZFC's Mickaël Maris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Nova Iguaçu MZFC from getting a goal against them. Baraxil Sarrate showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laércio Penha in the 91st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Voicu in the 94th minute of play forced Nova Iguaçu MZFC's goalkeeper Mickaël Maris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.