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Montanha e Fortaleza
Spectators: 7323 (Terracing: 5555, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 65) Tolek Bojanowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Baltazar Motta's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Império Branco F.C's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Baltazar Motta in the 11th minute. The corner ended in Baltazar Motta almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Therezopolis's Tolek Bojanowski did a great save. Baltazar Motta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Tolek Bojanowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Therezopolis getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. César Leme hit a great ball. Baltazar Motta had several of the Therezopolis's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 22 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 2-0 score and a disappointed Tolek Bojanowski as he didn't even see the shot coming. Enrique Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Pedro Amorim in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute Vitinho de Godoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enrique Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Império Branco F.C's Luís Guilherme Dantas got a free kick in the 29th minute. Enrique Andrade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Pedro Amorim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vitinho de Godoi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 45th match minute, Therezopolis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitinho de Godoi to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Baltazar Motta to make the kick off. Cássio Batista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Baltazar Motta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tolek Bojanowski was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. When José Paulo Rocha came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Império Branco F.C 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 José Paulo Rocha couldn't finish the play. After having played for 60 minutes, Baltazar Motta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Império Branco F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Baltazar Motta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Raúl Torres during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Raúl Torres kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. When Império Branco F.C's Baltazar Motta in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Therezopolis's goalie prevented a goal. Baltazar Motta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Tolek Bojanowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 76 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Baltazar Motta sped through Therezopolis's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tolek Bojanowski. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Cássio Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot. Império Branco F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Cássio Batista was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tolek Bojanowski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Baltazar Motta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 89th minute, Edson Monteiro made a precise shot to the right of Tolek Bojanowski. Therezopolis's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Império Branco F.C fully deserved thier win.