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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's Casper Granqvist started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's Cipriano Abreu got control of the ball when Pedro Velloso tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Augusto Saldanha in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cipriano Abreu saved A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】 from getting behind. If Augusto Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Falcão Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erivaldo Romero in the 11th minute of the match. In the 12thth minute of the game Giuseppe Marques who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gracie Barra's Falcão Cunha was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 14th minute, Augusto Saldanha reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cipriano Abreu. The goal made the score 1-0. If Augusto Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 19 minutes into the match, A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's goal looked a bit too open when Augusto Saldanha came free, but Cipriano Abreu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Falcão Cunha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Genílson de Amorim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giuseppe Marques in the 26th minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erivaldo Romero in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Saldanha in the 31st minute of play forced A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's goalkeeper Cipriano Abreu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cipriano Abreu was a little too slow when Augusto Saldanha got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 2-0. Falcão Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casper Granqvist in the 36th minute of the match. Cipriano Abreu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Augusto Saldanha in the 38th minute. The supporters of Gracie Barra booed when A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giuseppe Marques didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casper Granqvist in the 47th minute of play forced Gracie Barra's goalkeeper Falcão Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Augusto Saldanha made the kick off in the second half. Falcão Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erivaldo Romero, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. Augusto Saldanha might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cipriano Abreu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Augusto Saldanha ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 53rd minute Augusto Saldanha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Falcão Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Casper Granqvist in the 59th minute of play. If Augusto Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's Cipriano Abreu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augusto Saldanha in the 65th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's Augusto Saldanha sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cipriano Abreu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Genílson de Amorim could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Falcão Cunha made a huge save. 71 minutes into the match, Gracie Barra's goal looked a bit too open when Casper Granqvist came free, but Falcão Cunha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cipriano Abreu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Augusto Saldanha went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Gracie Barra's Ke Feng Zhen was substituted for Augusto Saldanha. Gracie Barra made a substitution. Jago Štriker replaced Hugo de Queirós. Cipriano Abreu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Murphey Shipman in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Jago Štriker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cipriano Abreu was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Cipriano Abreu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Velloso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute of the match, Casper Granqvist tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Falcão Cunha saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 92nd minute Jago Štriker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94th minute Ke Feng Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】's Erivaldo Romero got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Gracie Barra fans cheered their team off the field, for while A. A. Carioca 【CIMZ】 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.