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Estádio Apparecida
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Belmiro Dracena took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fernando Cardoso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Gustavo Fernandes having to interfere. Luís Gustavo Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Miranda, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Anderson Gaúcho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Bahadır Serbülend tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Mário Faria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 15 minutes of play, Tijucal FC's Oséas Berger made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Gustavo Fernandes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luís Gustavo Fernandes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernandão de Lima in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Fernando Cardoso notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ponte de Safena's Luís Gustavo Fernandes. Luís Gustavo Fernandes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Tijucal FC getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Carlos Fernando Pires hit a great ball. Ponte de Safena's Luís Gustavo Fernandes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Cardoso in the 32nd minute of play. Luís Gustavo Fernandes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Cardoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anderson Gaúcho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Bahadır Serbülend made a huge save. The Ponte de Safena players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Tijucal FC were winning 0-3.

Fernando Cardoso hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Belmiro Dracena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bahadır Serbülend having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anderson Gaúcho in the 56th minute of play forced Tijucal FC's goalkeeper Bahadır Serbülend to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belmiro Dracena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Bahadır Serbülend tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carlos Fernando Pires might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Gustavo Fernandes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carlos Fernando Pires ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Ponte de Safena's Luís Gustavo Fernandes got control of the ball when Maurício Miranda tried to sneak it across the goal line. Maurício Miranda scored 0-4 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luís Gustavo Fernandes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 71 minutes, Fernandão de Lima mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tijucal FC and the Ponte de Safena players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd rose to their feet as Tijucal FC's Fernando Cardoso slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Luís Gustavo Fernandes. That made the score 0-5 after 86 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Cardoso in the 91st minute of play forced Ponte de Safena's goalkeeper Luís Gustavo Fernandes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Ponte de Safena's Luís Gustavo Fernandes got control of the ball when Maurício Miranda tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luís Gustavo Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Cardoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Ponte de Safena's Luís Gustavo Fernandes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Cardoso in the 95th minute of play. The Tijucal FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Tijucal FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.