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Jean-Paul Sartre
Spectators: 7347 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 10) Cleiton de Moraes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caco Araújo in the 6th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Rodrigo Ramalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cleiton de Moraes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joaquim Vinhas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 14th minute, Osmar Dracena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 15 minutes into the match, C.Atlético Internacional's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Ramalho came free, but Cleiton de Moraes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Inácio Moura made in the 19th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Romário Botelho. In the 20th minute, Joaquim Vinhas 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. Pedro Vieira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Dênis Prata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the game, Davi Pinho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. vasco's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave C.Atlético Internacional the free kick. Davi Pinho kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. When Romário Botelho came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the C.Atlético Internacional 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 Romário Botelho couldn't finish the play. After 39 played minutes C.Atlético Internacional got a freekick which was hit by Valdo Maciel. Joaquim Vinhas scored 0-2 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cleiton de Moraes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joaquim Vinhas to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Rodrigo Ramalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cleiton de Moraes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, C.Atlético Internacional's goalkeeper Cleiton de Moraes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joaquim Vinhas. Rodrigo Ramalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Romário Botelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 67 minutes, Romário Botelho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. C.Atlético Internacional's supporters crossed their fingers, but Romário Botelho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cleiton de Moraes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim Vinhas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Joaquim Vinhas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cleiton de Moraes. The goal made the score 0-3. 84 minutes into the match, C.Atlético Internacional's goalkeeper Cleiton de Moraes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joaquim Vinhas. In the 87th minute, Rodrigo Ramalho 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. After 89 minutes of play vasco's Davi Pinho 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. The referee gave C.Atlético Internacional a penalty, 90 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Romário Botelho, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of vasco's Dênis Prata. 1-3. 94 minutes in the game Valdo Maciel did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Romário Botelho. Osmar Dracena's late challenge caught a vasco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Osmar Dracena helped the player get up and apologised. Osmar Dracena kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched vasco eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.