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Estádio Quitungo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) José Vítor de Sena struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Magno Mello didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Goiãnia. Gildo Alcântara in the 11thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Magno Mello, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 17th minute, André Luís Senna ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Magno Mello was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. If Luís Paes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 24th minute Dedé Cearense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gugu Teixeira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 28 played minutes Goiãnia's Gildo Alcântara stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Magno Mello stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Pirracao EC of the goal. In the 29th minute, José Vítor de Sena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute, Dedé Cearense left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pirracao EC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Júlio Pirani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Magno Mello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Pirracao EC's Magno Mello got control of the ball when Gildo Alcântara tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pirracao EC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Luís Paes scored to the left of an out of position Magno Mello, making the score, 2-1. Gugu Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jailson da Silveira in the 42nd minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Goiãnia's Luís Paes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Magno Mello. Magno Mello yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Magno Mello showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Luís Senna, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dedé Cearense stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Goiãnia got a freekick which was hit by Luís Paes. Gildo Alcântara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Magno Mello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luís Paes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Magno Mello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gildo Alcântara in the 68th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Pirracao EC's zone, André Luís Senna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Magno Mello came out of the goal and André Luís Senna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Pirracao EC's zone, André Luís Senna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Magno Mello came out of the goal and André Luís Senna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Luís Paes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Goiãnia's supporters rose to their feet, but Luís Paes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Magno Mello breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If José Vítor de Sena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th minute, Fabrício Carioca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Pirracao EC defense, Gildo Alcântara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Magno Mello. The Pirracao EC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Magno Mello should have stopped the shot. 87 minutes into the match, Pirracao EC's goal looked a bit too open when Gildo Alcântara came free, but Magno Mello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Goiãnia's André Luís Senna in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pirracao EC's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Gildo Alcântara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Magno Mello was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. 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. Goiãnia fully deserved thier win.