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Estádio Maricoabo
Spectators: 7198 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nando Salles started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 2nd minute, Edmílson Nóbrega managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dantas's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmílson Nóbrega was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edson Ferreira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Arthur Cavalcante's late challenge caught a Dantas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arthur Cavalcante helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Dantas booed when Maricoabo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arthur Cavalcante didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Fellipe Quintal came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Dantas 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 Fellipe Quintal couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Nando Salles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yuri Donato was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Dantas's Fellipe Quintal got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Fellipe Quintal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dantas's supporters rose to their feet, but Fellipe Quintal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edson Ferreira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Dantas's Edmílson Nóbrega in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maricoabo's goalie prevented a goal. In the 32nd minute, Fabiano Berger ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edson Ferreira was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Adelino França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edson Ferreira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmílson Nóbrega, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After 40 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Dantas! Gerson Rossi shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Adelino França made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabiano Berger in the 54th minute of play forced Maricoabo's goalkeeper Edson Ferreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes in the game, Adelino França fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Edson Ferreira having to interfere. Yuri Donato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nando Salles in the 66th minute of play. Fellipe Quintal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 69 minutes, the score became 2-4 when Fabiano Berger sped through Maricoabo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Edson Ferreira. In the 75th minute Fabiano Berger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edson Ferreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dantas's Yuri Donato played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Noel Rossi in the 76th minute of play. When Fellipe Quintal came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Dantas 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 Fellipe Quintal couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Dantas's Edmílson Nóbrega got a free kick in the 80th minute. Edson Ferreira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Berger in the 82nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Fellipe Quintal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dantas's supporters rose to their feet, but Fellipe Quintal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edson Ferreira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fabiano Berger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Edson Ferreira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmílson Nóbrega in the 92nd minute of play forced Maricoabo's goalkeeper Edson Ferreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yuri Donato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noel Rossi in the 95th minute of play.