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Estádio Tupancireta
Spectators: 7233 (Terracing: 5460, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ivo Pinheiro got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Tupancireta's goal looked a bit too open when Ivo Pinheiro came free, but Adrianinho Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Tupancireta defense, Ivo Pinheiro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adrianinho Branco. The Tupancireta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adrianinho Branco should have stopped the shot. If Ivo Pinheiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ivo Pinheiro in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Adrianinho Branco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Tupancireta getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Alfredinho Sarmento hit a great ball. Ivo Pinheiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Adrianinho Branco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. The supporters of Buritama booed when Tupancireta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claudinei da Rocha didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Buritama's Ivo Pinheiro got a free kick in the 34th minute. When Júnior Schmidt came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Buritama fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Júnior Schmidt couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ivo Pinheiro in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Adrianinho Branco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Adrianinho Branco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Carlos Ferraz went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. João Pedro Donatello was the one to do the kick off. Adrianinho Branco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ivo Pinheiro's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. A collision led to Tupancireta getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Cássio Marinho hit a great ball. When Júnior Schmidt came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Buritama fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Júnior Schmidt couldn't finish the play. Adrianinho Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivo Pinheiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, Tupancireta's Claudinei da Rocha got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Adrianinho Branco didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Buritama's Ivo Pinheiro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Fernando Romano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luizão Ramos in the 70th minute of play. Adrianinho Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júnior Schmidt in the 71st minute of play. With his leg Adrianinho Branco managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Buritama's Júnior Schmidt fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Ivo Pinheiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ian Pimenta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrianinho Branco having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ian Pimenta in the 87th minute of play forced Tupancireta's goalkeeper Adrianinho Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ian Pimenta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adrianinho Branco was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. When the match was over Buritama could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Tupancireta throughout the match.