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Metolokos Arena
Spectators: 7185 (Terracing: 5391, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 142) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tostão Velasco started the match with the kick off. Enrique Dias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Alan Almeida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Metolokos MZ Clube booed when Tapes AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruno Couto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alan Barral acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 15th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Leandro Massa. Tostão Velasco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Alan Barral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alan Barral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tostão Velasco in the 21st minute of the match. Juan Prestes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Tapes AD's zone, Juan Prestes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alan Barral came out of the goal and Juan Prestes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Enrique Dias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alan Almeida having to interfere. Otávio de Castro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 42 minutes into the match, Tostão Velasco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alan Barral, 1-0. Tostão Velasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Enrique Dias stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Metolokos MZ Clube booed when Tapes AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Fábio Couto didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tostão Velasco in the 55th minute of play forced Tapes AD's goalkeeper Alan Barral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alan Barral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tostão Velasco in the 58th minute of play. In the 66th minute of the match Leandro Massa shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alan Barral showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of Tapes AD booed when Metolokos MZ Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agnaldo Coelho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Otávio de Castro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alan Almeida read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Tostão Velasco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alan Barral. Tapes AD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tostão Velasco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in Tapes AD's zone, Juan Prestes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alan Barral came out of the goal and Juan Prestes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 83rd minute, Tostão Velasco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Metolokos MZ Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Metolokos MZ Clube had played much better football throughout.