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Estádio Maragogipe
Spectators: 7238 (Terracing: 5430, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sidnei Nogueira made the kick off which started today's match. Pedrão Vergílio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Carneiro in the 3rd minute. 7 minutes into the game, Fabiano Tasso was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bola Bola FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tar ar ais the free kick. In the 10th minute Luís Gustavo Guimarães suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 10 minutes, Christian de Amaral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bola Bola FC and the Tar ar ais players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute, one of Bola Bola FC: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 Bola Bola FC. In the 18th minute Sidnei Nogueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedrão Vergílio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sidnei Nogueira in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedrão Vergílio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Tar ar ais's zone, Marcus Carneiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedrão Vergílio came out of the goal and Marcus Carneiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luiz Gustavo de Amorim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cláudio Freitas went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 31 minutes into the game, Benjamin Albuquerque was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tar ar ais's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bola Bola FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Tar ar ais's Benjamin Albuquerque got a free kick in the 31st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Sidnei Nogueira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bola Bola FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Sidnei Nogueira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedrão Vergílio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 35 played minutes Bola Bola FC got a freekick which was hit by Zé Carlos Mendonça. Pedrão Vergílio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidnei Nogueira in the 40th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cláudio Freitas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Luiz Gustavo de Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cláudio Freitas in the 52nd minute of the match. When Válter Cavalcante fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tar ar ais's protests and gave Válter Cavalcante a yellow card for diving instead. 68 minutes into the match, Marcus Carneiro notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Tar ar ais's Pedrão Vergílio. Pedrão Vergílio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the last second Luiz Gustavo de Amorim throw himself and got hold of the ball when Cláudio Freitas in the 74thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 81 minutes of play Tar ar ais's Benjamin Albuquerque was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 82nd match minute, Tar ar ais was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Albuquerque to maneuver through the defense. Sidnei Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Carneiro in the 88th minute of play forced Tar ar ais's goalkeeper Pedrão Vergílio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Carneiro in the 94th minute of play forced Tar ar ais's goalkeeper Pedrão Vergílio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedrão Vergílio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidnei Nogueira in the 95th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidnei Nogueira in the 98th minute of play forced Tar ar ais's goalkeeper Pedrão Vergílio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sidnei Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 99th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.