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Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Niels-Jan Reiling made in the 4th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Galo do Japi's Paulo Renato Saraiva. 盛世 高文竞 came free with the goalkeeper in the 6th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ronaldo Giovanelli could save by the left post. In the 12th minute, 盛世 高文竞 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ronaldo Giovanelli was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. NFC Eagles 22's Ciccio Tacconi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Santana in the 17th minute of play. Ciccio Tacconi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 24th minute Carlos Santana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciccio Tacconi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute of the match, Roger Dorenbosch got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ronaldo Giovanelli was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Galo do Japi's Ronaldo Giovanelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Galo do Japi from getting a goal against them. NFC Eagles 22's Ron Moermans got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 28th match minute, Galo do Japi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Durvalino Caca-Rato to maneuver through the defense. When 盛世 高文竞 came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the NFC Eagles 22 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 盛世 高文竞 couldn't finish the play. Ronaldo Giovanelli came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by NFC Eagles 22's 盛世 高文竞. But to his dismay, 盛世 高文竞 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 46th minute Carlos Santana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciccio Tacconi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Paulo Renato Saraiva notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of NFC Eagles 22's Ciccio Tacconi. Ciccio Tacconi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carlos Santana stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the game, Niels-Jan Reiling threw the ball into play from the sideline. Galo do Japi's Cléberson Lara quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 57th minute, Carlos Santana 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. Raymond Schouten kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. In the 62nd minute of the match Cafu Ringaa shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ciccio Tacconi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Laurens Knol hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. If Raymond Schouten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 80 minutes into the match, Carlos Santana had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ciccio Tacconi. NFC Eagles 22's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Santana was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After 83 minutes of play, NFC Eagles 22's 盛世 高文竞 made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronaldo Giovanelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ronaldo Giovanelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ron Moermans in the 89th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Galo do Japi's Paulo Renato Saraiva got a free kick in the 91st minute. Ronaldo Giovanelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raymond Schouten in the 96th minute of the match. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by Galo do Japi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ted Jansen was slow to take the kick. During this time NFC Eagles 22's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on NFC Eagles 22's corner Ted Jansen fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ronaldo Giovanelli quite easily take care of the ball. NFC Eagles 22's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.