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Pyrenopolis
Spectators: 7213 (Terracing: 5411, Seating: 1659, VIP seats: 143) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dedé Monteiro in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cláudio Alcântara saved santos from getting behind. André Luiz Moura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Cláudio Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind santos's goalkeeper Cláudio Alcântara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Eriberto dos Santos fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored santos's protests and gave Eriberto dos Santos a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Exaltacao SS booed when santos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eriberto dos Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. André Luiz Moura scored 0-1 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cláudio Alcântara, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Richard de Senna's late challenge caught a santos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Richard de Senna helped the player get up and apologised. In the 18th match minute, Exaltacao SS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Richard de Senna to maneuver through the defense. When Exaltacao SS's Dedé Monteiro in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye santos's goalie prevented a goal. Eriberto dos Santos kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. When André Luiz Moura came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Exaltacao SS fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that André Luiz Moura couldn't finish the play. In the 31st minute, Dedé Monteiro 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. When Exaltacao SS's André Luiz Moura in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye santos's goalie prevented a goal. André Luiz Moura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Cláudio Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cláudio Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dedé Monteiro in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dedé Monteiro in the 40th minute of play forced santos's goalkeeper Cláudio Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th match minute, santos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kiko Velasco to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dedé Monteiro was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dedé Monteiro in the 53rd minute of play forced santos's goalkeeper Cláudio Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when André Luiz Moura got free with Cláudio Alcântara in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Exaltacao SS booed when santos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raúl Lira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dedé Monteiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. André Luiz Moura might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cláudio Alcântara. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. André Luiz Moura ran back to his position shaking his head. 59 minutes into the match, santos's goal looked a bit too open when Dedé Monteiro came free, but Cláudio Alcântara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cláudio Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dedé Monteiro in the 64th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, André Luiz Moura had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cláudio Alcântara. santos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that André Luiz Moura was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Dedé Monteiro had several of the santos's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 74 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Cláudio Alcântara as he didn't even see the shot coming. Cláudio Alcântara was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Dedé Monteiro capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dedé Monteiro really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. After a defensive mix-up in santos's zone, André Luiz Moura stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cláudio Alcântara came out of the goal and André Luiz Moura tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to santos getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Eriberto dos Santos hit a great ball. After 86 minutes, Célio Ceresso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Exaltacao SS and the santos players grew even worse after the yellow card. Célio Ceresso hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Dedé Monteiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cláudio Alcântara having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in santos's zone, Dedé Monteiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cláudio Alcântara came out of the goal and Dedé Monteiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Exaltacao SS's Dedé Monteiro got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, santos's Luiz Fernando Alagoano got a free kick in the 95th minute. André Luiz Moura who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 97thth minute tested the skills of Cláudio Alcântara when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Exaltacao SS's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.