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Estádio Pindaival
Spectators: 7135 (Terracing: 5353, Seating: 1641, VIP seats: 141) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcus Batista made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd minute, Zé Paulo Nunes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Cláudio Leal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leopoldo Britto struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Zé Carlos Simões didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Platina SC. After a rather tough play, Exclamação de Athena's Eurico Secco got a free kick in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Exclamação de Athena's goal looked a bit too open when Cláudio Leal came free, but Zé Carlos Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, Cláudio Leal 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 36th minute Leopoldo Britto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Carlos Simões saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zé Carlos Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Britto in the 37th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Cláudio Leal notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Exclamação de Athena's Zé Carlos Simões. Zé Carlos Simões was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Exclamação de Athena's Zé Carlos Simões played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cláudio Leal in the 53rd minute of play. After 56 minutes of play, Exclamação de Athena's Murilo Brasil made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Magno Nunes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Magno Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Batista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Murilo Brasil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Magno Nunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Exclamação de Athena's Eurico Secco got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 69thth minute of the game Cláudio Leal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Exclamação de Athena's Zé Carlos Simões was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Exclamação de Athena getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Thiago Cardoso hit a great ball. Magno Nunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Batista in the 73rd minute of the match. If Marcus Batista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adelino Pirani hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Platina SC's goalkeeper Magno Nunes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leopoldo Britto got free with Zé Carlos Simões in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eurico Secco struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Magno Nunes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Exclamação de Athena. Magno Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Murilo Brasil in the 89th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Marcus Batista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Magno Nunes. Platina SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcus Batista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Murilo Brasil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Magno Nunes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Murilo Brasil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 99 minutes Platina SC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Valério Fernandes who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Valério Fernandes almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Platina SC's Magno Nunes did a great save. Exclamação de Athena were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Platina SC for a fine match.