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MERGULHÃO
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Naldo Peixoto kicked off to start the match. With his leg Yuri Cordeiro managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when SC Duque de Caxias's Caetano Simões fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 6 played minutes SC Duque de Caxias got a freekick which was hit by Marcelinho Costa. Carlos Fernando Dionísio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 13 minutes into the match, Carlos Fernando Dionísio notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of SC Duque de Caxias's Isaltino Leão. Isaltino Leão was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Isaltino Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Naldo Peixoto, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Copioba's Yuri Cordeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Copioba from getting a goal against them. 23 minutes into the game, Naldo Peixoto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Isaltino Leão was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 0-3 became the score in the 26th minute when Naldo Peixoto elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A collision led to SC Duque de Caxias getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Marcelinho Costa hit a great ball. Igor de Amorim got a throw-in 33 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Naldo Peixoto. When Jonas Hansson fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SC Duque de Caxias's protests and gave Jonas Hansson a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Copioba booed when SC Duque de Caxias was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonas Hansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. SC Duque de Caxias's Isaltino Leão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dagoberto de Queiroz in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Carlos Fernando Dionísio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Isaltino Leão. SC Duque de Caxias's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Fernando Dionísio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 45th minute of the match, Caetano Simões got a very nice opportunity to score, but Yuri Cordeiro was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 46 minutes into the match, SC Duque de Caxias's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Fernando Dionísio came free, but Isaltino Leão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Wiktor Petersson made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Carlos Fernando Dionísio took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Isaltino Leão to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Naldo Peixoto got free with Isaltino Leão in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Copioba booed when SC Duque de Caxias was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcelinho Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Naldo Peixoto got free with Isaltino Leão in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. SC Duque de Caxias's Isaltino Leão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save SC Duque de Caxias from getting a goal against them. Wiktor Petersson hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. 64 minutes into the match, SC Duque de Caxias's goalkeeper Isaltino Leão had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Fernando Dionísio. Isaltino Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Fernando Dionísio in the 65th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, SC Duque de Caxias's Wiktor Petersson got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 73rd minute, Wiktor Petersson 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 75th minute, Naldo Peixoto made a precise shot to the right of Isaltino Leão. SC Duque de Caxias's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. Isaltino Leão made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Carlos Fernando Dionísio sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Carlos Fernando Dionísio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Copioba's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlos Fernando Dionísio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Isaltino Leão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 96th minute, Carlos Fernando Dionísio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Isaltino Leão. The goal made the score 0-9. The SC Duque de Caxias fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Copioba were clearly better and deserved to take the win.