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Toeleu
Spectators: 7419 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Afonsinho Fontes kicked off to start the match. Marcinho de Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ismael Alves in the 3rd minute. 5 minutes into the match, Manaus-AM's goalkeeper Marcinho de Andrade had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ismael Alves. Marcinho de Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ismael Alves in the 6th minute. Matheus Sampaio hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Marcinho de Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wellington Berger in the 11th minute. 18 minutes into the game, BIRUTI FC's Ismael Alves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcinho de Andrade made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After some careless play in the Manaus-AM defense, Bebeto Lara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcinho de Andrade. The Manaus-AM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcinho de Andrade should have stopped the shot. In the 27th match minute, BIRUTI FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bebeto Lara to maneuver through the defense. 32 minutes into the match, BIRUTI FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edu Massa came free, but Duda Pena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luizinho Varela in the 35th minute of play forced Manaus-AM's goalkeeper Marcinho de Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcinho de Andrade was a little too slow when Ismael Alves got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 37th minute. The score was now 3-0. After some careless play in the BIRUTI FC defense, Manfredo de Lara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Duda Pena. The BIRUTI FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Duda Pena should have stopped the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The crowd rose to their feet as Manaus-AM's Laerte Tande slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Duda Pena. That made the score 3-2 after 52 minutes of play. Ismael Alves scored 4-2 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcinho de Andrade, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 63 minutes into the match, Ismael Alves notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of Manaus-AM's Marcinho de Andrade. Marcinho de Andrade was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marcinho de Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Alves in the 68th minute of the match. Marcinho de Andrade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ismael Alves, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Duda Pena didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Laerte Tande went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-3 was the resulting score. After 83 played minutes Manaus-AM got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo de Barros. Ismael Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Marcinho de Andrade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manaus-AM's Marcinho de Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ismael Alves in the 87th minute of play. 91 minutes into the game, BIRUTI FC's Ismael Alves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcinho de Andrade made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-3.