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Catuira
Spectators: 7187 (Terracing: 5392, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 142) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when João Pedro Severo got the match started through his kick off. Tostão Meireles's late challenge caught a Cururupe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tostão Meireles helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Cururupe booed when Catuira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tostão Meireles didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 0-1 when João Pedro Severo sped through Catuira's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Edmílson Cosme. In the 11th minute, João Pedro Severo 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. 12 minutes into the match, Gerson Palmeira notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Catuira's Edmílson Cosme. Edmílson Cosme was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th minute, Dalmo Chaves 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. After a rather tough play, Cururupe's Umberto Baptista got a free kick in the 17th minute. Chiquinho Moreno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without César da Rocha having to interfere. 20 minutes into the game, Gerson Palmeira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Edmílson Cosme was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Edmílson Cosme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerson Palmeira in the 25th minute of play. Gerson Palmeira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Umberto Baptista fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cururupe's protests and gave Umberto Baptista a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Catuira booed when Cururupe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Umberto Baptista didn't get a good kick on the ball. Catuira's Tostão Meireles got his second yellow card of the match in the 38th minute. The referee ordered Tostão Meireles off the ground. Tostão Meireles hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Sydney de Sousa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Edmílson Cosme. Catuira's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Chiquinho Moreno to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Gerson Palmeira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cururupe fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Umberto Baptista got his second yellow card in the match during the 57th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of Cururupe booed when Catuira was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iuri Antunes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edmílson Cosme came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Cururupe's Gerson Palmeira. But to his dismay, Gerson Palmeira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Magno Paulista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Edmílson Cosme tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dalmo Chaves kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Cururupe's João Pedro Severo got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edmílson Cosme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gerson Palmeira in the 80th minute. In the 84th minute, Magno Paulista 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. In the 88th minute, Gerson Palmeira made a precise shot to the right of Edmílson Cosme. Catuira's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-7.