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Estádio Apparecida
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Belmiro Dracena started the match with the kick off. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 4th minute of the game. One of Tadalinha FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ponte de Safena:s goal. The referee gave Ponte de Safena a penalty, 5 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Natanael Almeida, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Tadalinha FC's Didi Tavares. 1-0. A collision led to Ponte de Safena getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Edinho de Lima hit a great ball. Elder de Andrade took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luís Gustavo Fernandes. Ponte de Safena's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Luís Gustavo Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamim Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Murilo Amorim 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. Rubens Carneiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd minute, Vânderson Hoffmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Agnaldo Alagoano during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Tadalinha FC booed when Ponte de Safena was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agnaldo Alagoano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 25th minute of the match, Belmiro Dracena tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Didi Tavares saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With a little luck, Tadalinha FC's Didi Tavares got control of the ball when Rubens Carneiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Tadalinha FC's Didi Tavares got control of the ball when Murilo Amorim tried to sneak it across the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Tadalinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Belmiro Dracena came free, but Didi Tavares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Belmiro Dracena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 32nd minute, Benjamim Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Murilo Amorim came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Ponte de Safena 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 Murilo Amorim couldn't finish the play. After 37 minutes, Percival Domingues mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tadalinha FC and the Ponte de Safena players grew even worse after the yellow card. Belmiro Dracena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Didi Tavares having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Benjamim Souza to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Tadalinha FC booed when Ponte de Safena was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fábio Damião didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tadalinha FC's Elder de Andrade got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 59 minutes into the match, Tadalinha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Belmiro Dracena came free, but Didi Tavares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes into the game, Belmiro Dracena cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Didi Tavares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vânderson Hoffmann hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 69 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Belmiro Dracena sped through Tadalinha FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Didi Tavares. Didi Tavares came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Ponte de Safena's Belmiro Dracena. But to his dismay, Belmiro Dracena quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Murilo Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benjamim Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 84 minutes, Pedro Luís Moreira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ponte de Safena and the Tadalinha FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pedro Luís Moreira kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 89th minute Murilo Amorim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Tavares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92nd minute Murilo Amorim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Tavares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Didi Tavares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Murilo Amorim in the 94th minute of play. Ponte de Safena's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.