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Estádio Pimenteiras
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Celsinho Pimenta made the kick off which started today's match. After 5 played minutes MENGÃOF.C. got a freekick which was hit by Jerônimo Meireles. With 8 minutes on the clock, Luiz Eduardo Arantes commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 7 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for MENGÃOF.C.! João Vítor Pinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Dante was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marcel Pires showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 16 minute of play. Carlos Dante was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Marcel Pires capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marcel Pires really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. 30 minutes into the match, Curiau's Andrézinho Dracena sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carlos Dante narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Curiau's Benjamim da Mata managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Baltazar Veloso in the 35 minute of the game. If Benjamim da Mata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 43 minutes, Luiz Gustavo Mota mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MENGÃOF.C. and the Curiau players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luiz Gustavo Mota, 43 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After 43 played minutes MENGÃOF.C. got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Gustavo Mota.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcel Pires stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. MENGÃOF.C.'s Carlos Dante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Augusto Fonseca in the 51st minute of play. João Vítor Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Axel Andreasson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. MENGÃOF.C.'s Carlos Dante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcel Pires in the 61st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, João Vítor Pinho managed to get in a good position for a shot. MENGÃOF.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but João Vítor Pinho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Axel Andreasson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carlos Dante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Pires in the 69th minute of play. João Vítor Pinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Axel Andreasson having to interfere. Carlos Dante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamim da Mata in the 89th minute of play. Carlos Dante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Pires in the 90th minute of play. João Vítor Pinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Axel Andreasson having to interfere. MENGÃOF.C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.