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Spectators: 7100 (Terracing: 5300, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 143) Kléber França started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Thiago Tepedino during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Valdomiro Guimarães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Tostão Tepedino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Nordestina booed when GrimDeath was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuel de Carvalho didn't get a good kick on the ball. 13 minutes into the match, GrimDeath's goalkeeper Tostão Tepedino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valdomiro Guimarães. After 14 played minutes GrimDeath got a freekick which was hit by Samuel de Carvalho. Josué Valle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Vicente Soares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to GrimDeath getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Cipriano Teixeira hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kléber França in the 34th minute of play forced GrimDeath's goalkeeper Tostão Tepedino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Kléber França's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tostão Tepedino was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Nordestina defense, Fabrício Maia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Válter Proença. The Nordestina fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Válter Proença should have stopped the shot. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nordestina's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Quirino was slow to take the kick. During this time GrimDeath's players had a chance to rest. Jaime Quirino made a great header on GrimDeath's corner, it was just that Nordestina's Válter Proença managed to reach the ball for a save. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vicente Soares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tostão Tepedino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdomiro Guimarães in the 53rd minute of the match. Válter Proença took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Soares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nordestina's Válter Proença played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Soares in the 69th minute of play. Vicente Soares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Válter Proença tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Nordestina getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Carlos Alberto Guimarães hit a great ball. Fabrício Maia's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Válter Proença firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tostão Tepedino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdomiro Guimarães, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Tostão Tepedino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kléber França, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, GrimDeath's Samuel de Carvalho got a free kick in the 81st minute. Filipe Coelho took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 82nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tostão Tepedino. GrimDeath's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Fabrício Maia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Samuel de Carvalho struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Válter Proença didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GrimDeath. GrimDeath's Vicente Soares got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. GrimDeath's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.