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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) When Wiliam Souza fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vasco da Gama's protests and gave Wiliam Souza a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Vasco da Gama getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Wiliam Souza hit a great ball. After 13 minutes of play, CJ HENRIQUE FC's Faustão Abreu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zé Paulo Esteves was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zé Paulo Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Faustão Abreu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute, Flávio Proença made a precise shot to the right of Zé Paulo Esteves. Vasco da Gama's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Zé Paulo Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Zé Paulo Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in CJ HENRIQUE FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 24th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 26 minutes, Vasco da Gama's Cláudio Meira got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Anderson Viana. Vasco da Gama's Zé Paulo Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lauro Cearense in the 30th minute of play. Zé Paulo Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruninho Salles in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 39th minute, Bruninho Salles 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. Vasco da Gama's Zé Paulo Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruninho Salles in the 44th minute of play. Vasco da Gama's Wiliam Souza got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lauro Cearense stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wiliam Souza was shown his second yellow card after 50 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 51st minute, Wiliam Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bruninho Salles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Zé Paulo Esteves made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Lauro Cearense took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Zé Paulo Esteves to make any attempt to save it. If Flávio Proença had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Vasco da Gama's Zé Paulo Esteves got control of the ball when Flávio Proença tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lauro Cearense struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Zé Paulo Esteves didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CJ HENRIQUE FC. In the 63rd minute, Faustão Dionísio made a precise shot to the right of Zé Paulo Esteves. Vasco da Gama's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. Zé Paulo Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lauro Cearense, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Vasco da Gama's attentive Eurico Trigo managed to snatch the ball when Moisés Braga made a throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game. Lauro Cearense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Zé Paulo Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 76 minutes into the game, Cido Maranhense was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Vasco da Gama's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave CJ HENRIQUE FC the free kick. In the 76th match minute, Vasco da Gama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cido Maranhense to maneuver through the defense. Bruninho Salles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zé Paulo Esteves having to interfere. Cido Maranhense kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bruninho Salles got free with Zé Paulo Esteves in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 88 minutes into the match, Vasco da Gama's goal looked a bit too open when Lauro Cearense came free, but Zé Paulo Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match was over CJ HENRIQUE FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Vasco da Gama throughout the match.