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Estádio Santanopolis
Spectators: 7592 (Terracing: 5690, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when André Torres got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Mirari AD getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Egídio Castro hit a great ball. A collision led to Mirari AD getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Marcos Souto hit a great ball. Cícero Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Torres, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After 15 minutes, André Torres made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Mirari AD's Cícero Amorim tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 18th minute, Picolino Futebol Clube's André Torres ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cícero Amorim. Cícero Amorim yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. After 21 played minutes Picolino Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Tião Loyola. Hamílton Munhoz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 22nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Waldemar do Nascimento. Picolino Futebol Clube's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Picolino Futebol Clube's Waldemar do Nascimento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Capixaba in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egídio Castro in the 25th minute of play forced Picolino Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Waldemar do Nascimento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Capixaba in the 27th minute of play forced Picolino Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Waldemar do Nascimento to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. André Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cícero Amorim having to interfere. After having played for 34 minutes, André Torres managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Picolino Futebol Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but André Torres was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Orlando Urbano charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orlando Urbano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomás Capixaba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, Picolino Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucas Leite to maneuver through the defense. Tomás Capixaba recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cícero Amorim came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Picolino Futebol Clube's André Torres. But to his dismay, André Torres quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Ricardinho Albuquerque hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Picolino Futebol Clube's André Torres got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabinho Queirós in the 60th minute of play forced Mirari AD's goalkeeper Cícero Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Picolino Futebol Clube's Waldemar do Nascimento proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Picolino Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. André Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cícero Amorim having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers André Torres in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cícero Amorim saved Mirari AD from getting behind. Betão Recife struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Cícero Amorim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Picolino Futebol Clube. The audience was convinced that André Torres's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cícero Amorim was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, André Torres put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Cícero Amorim. André Torres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If André Torres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lucas Leite sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Picolino Futebol Clube had played much better football throughout.