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Japira
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Reynaldo Falcão made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Japira SS defense, Reynaldo Falcão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tostão Figueiredo. The Japira SS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tostão Figueiredo should have stopped the shot. Flávio Veloso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tostão Figueiredo having to interfere. Tostão Figueiredo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flávio Veloso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luís Gustavo de Salles lost his temper 14 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 19 minutes into the match, Sociedade Esportiva Roma's goalkeeper Conrado Che had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Amadeu Velloso. 23 minutes into the match, Sociedade Esportiva Roma's goalkeeper Conrado Che had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hudson Valle. Japira SS's Tostão Figueiredo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Flávio Veloso in the 26th minute of play. Luisão Dionísio kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Carlos Alberto Baiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tostão Figueiredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 33 played minutes Sociedade Esportiva Roma got a freekick which was hit by William Fantini. Amílton Gerber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Tostão Figueiredo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hudson Valle to make the kick off. After 56 minutes, José Vítor Nóbrega mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Japira SS and the Sociedade Esportiva Roma players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sociedade Esportiva Roma made a substitution. Olavo Arósio replaced Reynaldo Falcão. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 56th minute of the game. One of Japira SS:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sociedade Esportiva Roma:s goal. In the 59th minute of the game, Sociedade Esportiva Roma got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. Olavo Arósio hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. 64 minutes into the match, Hudson Valle notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Sociedade Esportiva Roma's Conrado Che. Conrado Che was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Conrado Che took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amadeu Velloso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Conrado Che showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hudson Valle, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. The supporters of Japira SS booed when Sociedade Esportiva Roma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. William Fantini didn't get a good kick on the ball. 76 minutes into the game, Hudson Valle cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Conrado Che was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olavo Arósio in the 85th minute of play forced Japira SS's goalkeeper Tostão Figueiredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th match minute, Sociedade Esportiva Roma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by William Fantini to maneuver through the defense. Sociedade Esportiva Roma made a substitution. Adhemar Urbano replaced Carlos Alberto Baiano. In the 87th minute, William Fantini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tostão Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisão Dionísio in the 91st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antônio Carlos Massa during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Antônio Carlos Massa hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Japira SS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Olavo Arósio scored to the left of an out of position Tostão Figueiredo, making the score, 2-4. Sociedade Esportiva Roma's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.