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Spectators: 7505 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Celso Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudinei Souto in the 3rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Donato Hoffmann in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Celso Madureira saved Mooca FC from getting behind. 11 minutes into the match, Botafogo's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Baptista came free, but Marcelo Toscano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcelo Toscano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Baptista in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Hoffmann in the 16th minute of play forced Mooca FC's goalkeeper Celso Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Toscano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vicente Faustino in the 19th minute. Paulinho de Lara scored 0-1 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Celso Madureira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Celso Madureira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulinho de Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Botafogo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Donato Hoffmann in the 26th minute. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Toninho de Souza advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-2 in the 26th minute. 28 minutes into the game, Dênis Barbosa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Botafogo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mooca FC the free kick. Paulinho de Lara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Donato Hoffmann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 34 minutes of play, Botafogo's Donato Hoffmann made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celso Madureira was left in no man's land by his defense there! Celso Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulinho de Lara in the 43rd minute of the match. 47 minutes into the game, André Luiz Carioca was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mooca FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Botafogo the free kick. A collision led to Mooca FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. André Luiz Carioca hit a great ball. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vicente Faustino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Paulinho de Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Celso Madureira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 60 minutes, Ernesto Hermes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mooca FC and the Botafogo players grew even worse after the yellow card. 63 minutes into the match, Mooca FC's goal looked a bit too open when Paulinho de Lara came free, but Celso Madureira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Mooca FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Antônio de Almeida hit a great ball. Marcelo Toscano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Baptista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute, one of Botafogo: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 Botafogo. Botafogo:s Marcelo Toscano showed great skill when he stopped Ernesto Hermes:s penalty. Donato Hoffmann received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Celso Madureira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Toninho de Souza fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Botafogo's protests and gave Toninho de Souza a yellow card for diving instead. Toninho de Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 89th minute Reynaldo Mendes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Toscano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Paulinho de Lara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the match, Vicente Faustino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelo Toscano. Botafogo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vicente Faustino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The supporters of Botafogo booed when Mooca FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Baptista didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Botafogo supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Botafogo would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.