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Estádio Pendencia
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wilton Rocha took the kick off in the first half of the match. Hermínio França fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Valadares having to interfere. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Maia FC's goalkeeper Fábio Corrêa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Cruzeiro esporte clube's Narciso Lucas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fábio Corrêa. Fábio Corrêa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Tadeu de Souza hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Fábio Corrêa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Narciso Lucas, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Cruzeiro esporte clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Paulinho Luz in the 33rd minute. Tomé Teles tried in the game's 33rd match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Fábio Corrêa. An annoying self made goal, 2-0. After 37 minutes, Flavinho Vergílio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cruzeiro esporte clube and the Maia FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 36th minute of the game. One of Cruzeiro esporte clube:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Maia FC:s goal. In the 37th minute, Hermínio França left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Maia FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Narciso Lucas in the 40th minute of play forced Maia FC's goalkeeper Fábio Corrêa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fábio Corrêa was a little too slow when Narciso Lucas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Narciso Lucas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Inácio Branco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fábio Corrêa having to interfere. Fábio Corrêa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Narciso Lucas, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Lino Félix recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Francisco Valadares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Ribeiro in the 56th minute of the match. Fábio Corrêa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Narciso Lucas in the 60th minute of play. Fábio Corrêa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Narciso Lucas in the 68th minute of the match. Tony Ribeiro's late challenge caught a Cruzeiro esporte clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tony Ribeiro helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Cruzeiro esporte clube booed when Maia FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tony Ribeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hermínio França blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Francisco Valadares having to make a save. 78 minutes into the match, Maia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Lucas came free, but Fábio Corrêa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Maia FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Marcus Goiano hit a great ball. 80 minutes into the match, Maia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Lucas came free, but Fábio Corrêa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alfredão Bueno's late challenge caught a Cruzeiro esporte clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredão Bueno helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Maia FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Tomé Teles hit a great ball. If Narciso Lucas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 90 minutes, Wilton Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maia FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wilton Rocha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 94 minutes into the match, Maia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Félix came free, but Fábio Corrêa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cruzeiro esporte clube's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.