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Estádio Tucumduba
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) If Cléberson Dracena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 6 minutes, Rodriguinho Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tucumduba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rodriguinho Rocha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 7 minutes, Bruninho de Barros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gurjao and the Tucumduba players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gurjao's Bruninho de Barros got a free kick in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Gurjao's zone, Rodriguinho Rocha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Afonso Cordeiro came out of the goal and Rodriguinho Rocha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 10th match minute, Gurjao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Arruda to maneuver through the defense. Cléberson Dracena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geraldo Couto having to interfere. Afonso Cordeiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rodriguinho Rocha in the 20th minute. After a rather tough play, Tucumduba's Hélder Valladares got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Luís Eduardo Cardoso might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Geraldo Couto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luís Eduardo Cardoso ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Eduardo Cardoso in the 27th minute of play forced Tucumduba's goalkeeper Geraldo Couto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afonso Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Bezerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tony Bezerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afonso Cordeiro having to interfere. In the 40th minute, Luís Eduardo Cardoso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gurjao fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The supporters of Gurjao booed when Tucumduba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. César Ramos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cléberson Dracena made a kick off. Geraldo Couto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cléberson Dracena in the 53rd minute of the match. Rodriguinho Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afonso Cordeiro having to interfere. A collision led to Tucumduba getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Christian de Lara hit a great ball. A collision led to Tucumduba getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. César Ramos hit a great ball. Cássio Duarte, 61 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Tony Bezerra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jean Veiga hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 74 minutes into the match, Gurjao's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Bezerra came free, but Afonso Cordeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Tucumduba's Tony Bezerra in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gurjao's goalie prevented a goal. Tony Bezerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Afonso Cordeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodriguinho Rocha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Afonso Cordeiro having to make a save. Cléberson Dracena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geraldo Couto having to interfere. In the 86th minute Luís Eduardo Cardoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geraldo Couto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geraldo Couto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cléberson Dracena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christian de Lara hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After having played for 90 minutes, Cléberson Dracena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gurjao's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cléberson Dracena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Tony Bezerra managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tucumduba's supporters rose to their feet, but Tony Bezerra was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Afonso Cordeiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cássio Duarte's late challenge caught a Tucumduba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cássio Duarte helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd minute, one of Gurjao:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Gurjao. In the 94th minute there was a penalty for Tucumduba. Elói Ceresso stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Afonso Cordeiro. 2-1. Cléberson Dracena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geraldo Couto having to interfere.