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Estádio Raizinhas
Spectators: 7056 (Terracing: 5397, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 5) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Guto Pereira made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Guto Pereira in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wiliam Dionísio saved Raizinhas from getting behind. Guto Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Wiliam Dionísio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Arvaja booed when Raizinhas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nuno Aguiar didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Eliseu Aguiar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 23rd minute, Guto Pereira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wiliam Dionísio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience was convinced that Eliseu Aguiar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wiliam Dionísio was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Raizinhas's zone, Guto Pereira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wiliam Dionísio came out of the goal and Guto Pereira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Raizinhas getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Nuno Aguiar hit a great ball. In the 39th minute, Álvaro Nascimento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 40th minute, Eugênio do Nascimento sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Raizinhas's Wiliam Dionísio didn't even have to move. Wiliam Dionísio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseu Aguiar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Giovani de Andrade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lúcio Carvalho made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Eliseu Aguiar 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. After a defensive mix-up in Raizinhas's zone, Guto Pereira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wiliam Dionísio came out of the goal and Guto Pereira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Giovani de Andrade during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 64 played minutes Arvaja got a freekick which was hit by Giovani de Andrade. After a defensive mix-up in Arvaja's zone, Kauan Pinheiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hudson Santana came out of the goal and Kauan Pinheiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Álvaro Nascimento took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hudson Santana. Arvaja's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 77th minute Kauan Pinheiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hudson Santana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arvaja's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.