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Estádio Tapaiuna
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when César Duarte got the match started through his kick off. Renan Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erasmo Furlan in the 5th minute of play. Hamílton Salles hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Agostinho Munhoz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Renan Albuquerque made a huge save. 11 minutes into the match, Real Juventude FC's goalkeeper Renan Albuquerque had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Agostinho Munhoz. Agostinho Munhoz 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 15th match minute, Real Juventude FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Glauco Amorim to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Agostinho Munhoz got free with Renan Albuquerque in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erasmo Furlan got free with Renan Albuquerque in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Real Juventude FC's Renan Albuquerque got control of the ball when Wiliam de Mendonça tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Erasmo Furlan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Renan Albuquerque was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. After 31 minutes, Mário Peixoto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Juventude FC and the CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE players grew even worse after the yellow card. Agostinho Munhoz succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 36th playminute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erasmo Furlan in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Renan Albuquerque saved Real Juventude FC from getting behind. In the 43rd minute Erasmo Furlan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE's Agostinho Munhoz got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 46 minutes into the game, Erasmo Furlan recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Renan Albuquerque. Erasmo Furlan showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Erasmo Furlan to strike the kick off in the second half. Mário Peixoto kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. César Duarte kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. In the 58th minute Erasmo Furlan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Real Juventude FC's Renan Albuquerque played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agostinho Munhoz in the 59th minute of play. Erasmo Furlan might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Renan Albuquerque. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erasmo Furlan ran back to his position shaking his head. Real Juventude FC's Renan Albuquerque played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agostinho Munhoz in the 69th minute of play. In the 73rd minute Agostinho Munhoz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erasmo Furlan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 75 minutes of play Real Juventude FC's Mário Peixoto was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Real Juventude FC's Mário Peixoto got a free kick in the 75th minute. Renan Albuquerque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erasmo Furlan in the 77th minute of play. Renan Albuquerque stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Erasmo Furlan's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Amílton Torres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agostinho Munhoz in the 82nd minute of play forced Real Juventude FC's goalkeeper Renan Albuquerque to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 84 played minutes Real Juventude FC got a freekick which was hit by César Duarte. Renan Albuquerque stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Agostinho Munhoz's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Víktor Nóbrega came free in the 89th minute and tried to tip the ball over Shannon Barnard, but to the joy of CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE's supporters the ball went over. When Ronaldo Alagoano came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE 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 Ronaldo Alagoano couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Real Juventude FC defense, Erasmo Furlan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Renan Albuquerque. The Real Juventude FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Renan Albuquerque should have stopped the shot. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE had played much better football throughout.