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Arena Guapecão
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Raimundo Gonçalves got the match started through his kick off. José Cordeiro acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 4th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Dieguinho Gomes. In the 5th minute Dudu Ferreira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Cordeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Egídio Chaves charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Egídio Chaves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Richard Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. José Cordeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Richard Lima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Cordeiro having to interfere. After having played for 17 minutes, Raimundo Gonçalves managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AA Serginho MZC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Raimundo Gonçalves was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. José Cordeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dudu Ferreira in the 18th minute of the match. When Falcão Valle fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AA Serginho MZC's protests and gave Falcão Valle a yellow card for diving instead. With a little luck, AA Serginho MZC's José Cordeiro got control of the ball when Richard Lima tried to sneak it across the goal line. Richard Limas short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got José Cordeiro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Dudu Ferreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Conrado Vale had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Rondinha fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 28th minute. Penalty! Manuel Simões had in the 29thth minute some difficulties stopping Dedé Trevisan's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. José Cordeiro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dudu Ferreira's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Richard Lima could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but José Cordeiro made a huge save. Dudu Ferreira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 43 minutes in the game, Dudu Ferreira fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without José Cordeiro having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Rondinha's Richard Lima got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. AA Serginho MZC's José Cordeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dudu Ferreira in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raimundo Gonçalves in the 61st minute of play forced Rondinha's goalkeeper Manuel Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raimundo Gonçalves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Simões having to interfere. Dudu Ferreira 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dudu Ferreira in the 72nd minute of play forced AA Serginho MZC's goalkeeper José Cordeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, AA Serginho MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Dudu Ferreira came free, but José Cordeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Richard Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. José Cordeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 86 minutes of play, Rondinha's Dudu Ferreira made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Cordeiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! 91 minutes into the match, Rondinha's goal looked a bit too open when Raimundo Gonçalves came free, but Manuel Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Cordeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dudu Ferreira in the 95th minute of play forced AA Serginho MZC's goalkeeper José Cordeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richard Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. José Cordeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.