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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Fanfarroes MZC's Alfredinho Marques started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Pedro Luiz Maciel's late challenge caught a Fanfarroes MZC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Luiz Maciel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Pedro Luiz Maciel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matheus Salles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Esporte Clube Noroeste's goalkeeper Pedro Luiz Loyola, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Matheus Salles recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Danilo Mandrak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiago Gabriel Novaes having to interfere. Tiago Gabriel Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danilo Mandrak in the 18th minute of the match. Tiago Gabriel Novaes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Márcio Cabral in the 19th minute. 19 minutes into the game, Márcio Cabral recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tiago Gabriel Novaes. Márcio Cabral showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Faustão Garcia kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Esporte Clube Noroeste's Márcio Cabral sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tiago Gabriel Novaes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Danilo Mandrak blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tiago Gabriel Novaes having to make a save. Márcio Cabral came free with the goalkeeper in the 38th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tiago Gabriel Novaes could save by the left post. 40 minutes into the match, Fanfarroes MZC's Matheus Salles sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Luiz Loyola narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 41 minutes into the match, Fanfarroes MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Danilo Mandrak came free, but Tiago Gabriel Novaes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 49 minutes, Sydney Pernambucano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Esporte Clube Noroeste and the Fanfarroes MZC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Márcio Cabral was the one to do the kick off. Danilo Mandrak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Tiago Gabriel Novaes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Fanfarroes MZC defense, Márcio Cabral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tiago Gabriel Novaes. The Fanfarroes MZC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tiago Gabriel Novaes should have stopped the shot. Danilo Mandrak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiago Gabriel Novaes having to interfere. If Danilo Mandrak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Danilo Mandrak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 83rd minute, Danilo Mandrak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Esporte Clube Noroeste fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Tiago Gabriel Novaes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danilo Mandrak, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Esporte Clube Noroeste's Márcio Cabral sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tiago Gabriel Novaes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tiago Gabriel Novaes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danilo Mandrak, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Tiago Gabriel Novaes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Márcio Cabral went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. In the 98th minute Danilo Mandrak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiago Gabriel Novaes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Esporte Clube Noroeste fully deserved thier win.