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Estádio Biriricas
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 2 played minutes Biriricas got a freekick which was hit by Márcio Viana. Sandrinho Peres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oséias Nunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Sandrinho Peres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruninho Sarmento, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Bruninho Sarmento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 18th minute, Adelino Nóbrega 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. In the 25th minute Adelino Nóbrega shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernani de Moraes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Walmyr da Fonseca during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Walmyr da Fonseca kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Adelino Nóbrega reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ernani de Moraes. The goal made the score 2-0. After 35 minutes, Renato Monteiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Arapuca and the Biriricas players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 35th match minute, SC Arapuca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renato Monteiro to maneuver through the defense. SC Arapuca's Ernani de Moraes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adelino Nóbrega in the 40th minute of play. Sandrinho Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Rosado in the 47th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Adelino Nóbrega made the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Adelino Nóbrega put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ernani de Moraes. After having played for 60 minutes, Falcão Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SC Arapuca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Falcão Messias was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sandro Paiva's late challenge caught a SC Arapuca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sandro Paiva helped the player get up and apologised. Sandrinho Peres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Rosado, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Donato de Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Falcão Messias hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Ernani de Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adelino Nóbrega, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Davi Paraibano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernani de Moraes having to interfere. Ernani de Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adelino Nóbrega in the 74th minute of play. SC Arapuca's Walmyr da Fonseca got his second yellow card of the match in the 74th minute. The referee ordered Walmyr da Fonseca off the ground. Walmyr da Fonseca kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Ernani de Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato de Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Falcão Messias kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Ernani de Moraes had in the 83rdth minute some difficulties stopping Fabrício Vidal's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. When Adelino Nóbrega came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Biriricas 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 Adelino Nóbrega couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adelino Nóbrega in the 90th minute of play forced SC Arapuca's goalkeeper Ernani de Moraes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Donato de Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bruninho Sarmento who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 97thth minute tested the skills of Sandrinho Peres when he managed to save the team from getting behind. For all the effort they put into the match, the SC Arapuca players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Biriricas.