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Estádio Tupandi
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Andrézinho Cearense started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Cássio Branco came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Tupandi 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 Cássio Branco couldn't finish the play. After 9th play minutes Marcinho Marques shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Belmiro Proença and just under the crossbar into goal. Caco Lopez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrézinho Cearense, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After 19 minutes, Moisés de Amaral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brejo Alegre Futebol Club and the Tupandi players grew even worse after the yellow card. Moisés de Amaral hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cícero Trancoso during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 21st match minute, Brejo Alegre Futebol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cícero Trancoso to maneuver through the defense. Sandro Pinheiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Caco Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Tupandi booed when Brejo Alegre Futebol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elói Negri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Moisés de Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Luís Fernando Alcântara sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Brejo Alegre Futebol Club's Caco Lopez didn't even have to move. 33 minutes in the game, Andrézinho Cearense fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Caco Lopez having to interfere. Sandro Pinheiro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Caco Lopez came out and tried to block the shot, but Sandro Pinheiro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 36th minute. Cícero Trancoso kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Tupandi's Andrézinho Cearense got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sandro Pinheiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Caco Lopez having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcinho Marques to make the kick off. Caco Lopez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cássio Branco went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. After 61 minutes, Charles Marinho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tupandi and the Brejo Alegre Futebol Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Brejo Alegre Futebol Club booed when Tupandi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charles Marinho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Caco Lopez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrézinho Cearense in the 63rd minute of the match. Marcinho Marques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Belmiro Proença having to interfere. After 68 minutes, Álvaro Matos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tupandi and the Brejo Alegre Futebol Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Brejo Alegre Futebol Club booed when Tupandi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Álvaro Matos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Tupandi's goalkeeper Belmiro Proença had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Paulo Renato Linares. In the 80th minute Marcinho Marques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belmiro Proença saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Caco Lopez didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Tupandi's Sandro Pinheiro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-2 in the ordered_time% minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 94th minute of the game. One of Brejo Alegre Futebol Club:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Tupandi:s goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Tupandi had played much better football throughout.