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Arena Fonte Nova
Spectators: 7630 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 130) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roger Guerra got the match started through his kick off. Carlos Augusto Rodrigues stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Luís Pitta's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Waldemar Lara scored 1-0 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luizão Braga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pedro Luís Pitta succeeded in the game's 16th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. The audience was convinced that Pedro Luís Pitta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Augusto Rodrigues was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. In the 22nd minute, Erik Favoretto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Neto in the 25th minute of play forced Maragua EC's goalkeeper Luizão Braga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bahia's Carlos Augusto Rodrigues played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Percival Trevisan in the 29th minute of play. Maragua EC's Luizão Braga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Maragua EC from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute, Pedro Luís Pitta made a precise shot to the right of Carlos Augusto Rodrigues. Bahia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Roger Guerra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Luizão Braga made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Pedro Luís Pitta put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Carlos Augusto Rodrigues. A collision led to Maragua EC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Nildo Ceresso hit a great ball. Maragua EC's Zé Carlos de Barros was substituted for Erik Favoretto. Carlos Augusto Rodrigues showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Luís Pitta in the 46th minute of the match. After the first half Maragua EC were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Maragua EC's Chiquinho de Lara was substituted for Pedro Luís Pitta. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chiquinho de Lara to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Maragua EC's Alexsandro de Senna seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Alexsandro de Senna the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Maragua EC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Alexsandro de Senna had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. If João Paulo Mazza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Carlos Augusto Rodrigues showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Paulo Mazza, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Chiquinho de Lara recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 64th minute, Chiquinho de Lara reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Carlos Augusto Rodrigues. The goal made the score 2-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, João Paulo Mazza managed to get in a good position for a shot. Maragua EC's supporters rose to their feet, but João Paulo Mazza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carlos Augusto Rodrigues breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Chiquinho de Lara in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Carlos Augusto Rodrigues prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Chiquinho de Lara in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Carlos Augusto Rodrigues prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Chiquinho de Laras short, quick shot in the 81stth minute got Carlos Augusto Rodrigues to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Bahia's Teo Restu was substituted for Claus Vandewalle. In the 93rd minute, Maragua EC's Cássio de Senna ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Carlos Augusto Rodrigues. Carlos Augusto Rodrigues yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-6. After a rather tough play, Maragua EC's Cássio de Senna got a free kick in the 98th minute. The Bahia supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Maragua EC's performance. The match ended with a win for Maragua EC.