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Adidas Ec Stadium
Spectators: 6080 (Terracing: 4490, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 90) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Baltazar Linhares got the match started through his kick off. José Valle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandrinho Lima having to interfere. When the match had been going on for 6 minutes, Adidas Ec's Jarbas de Godoi got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Sandrinho Lima. José Valle's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sandrinho Lima read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Turiba's goalkeeper Sandrinho Lima had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Valle. Anderson Souza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Marcel Bezerra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Baltazar Linhares fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandrinho Lima having to interfere. If José Valle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Eduardo Loyola in the 38th minute of play forced Adidas Ec's goalkeeper Marcel Bezerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adidas Ec's Marcel Bezerra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Eduardo Loyola in the 46th minute of play. 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 2-0.

The wind increased when Carlos Eduardo Loyola made the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute, José Valle made a precise shot to the right of Sandrinho Lima. Turiba's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. José Valle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 73 minutes into the game, Carlos Alberto Negri was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Turiba's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Adidas Ec the free kick. Sandrinho Lima stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Baltazar Linhares's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. A collision led to Adidas Ec getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Mané Tande hit a great ball. After 83 minutes of play Turiba's Carlos Alberto Negri was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 83rd match minute, Turiba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Alberto Negri to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute, Hamílton Bittencourt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Baltazar Linhares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Anderson Souza was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 94 minutes had been played. In the 94th minute, Anderson Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Turiba's Sandrinho Lima played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Valle in the 96th minute of play. Turiba's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.