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Spectators: 7261 (Terracing: 5447, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Erik Marquez started the match with the kick off. Pedrão Vergílio's late challenge caught a Tricolor Futebol Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedrão Vergílio helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Clube Atlético Lei de Gil getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Pedrão Vergílio hit a great ball. 10 minutes into the match, Pedrão Vergílio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arlindo Quadros. Tricolor Futebol Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pedrão Vergílio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tostão Nascimento in the 15th minute of play forced Clube Atlético Lei de Gil's goalkeeper Filipe Prestes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21stth minute of the game Erik Marquez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Clube Atlético Lei de Gil's Filipe Prestes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Arlindo Quadros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cido Saraiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. With his leg Arlindo Quadros managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Clube Atlético Lei de Gil's Cido Saraiva fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Tricolor Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Caco Peixoto hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Clube Atlético Lei de Gil's Cido Saraiva ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Arlindo Quadros. Arlindo Quadros yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Dagoberto Donatello made in the 45th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cido Saraiva however managed to control. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

If Tostão Nascimento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Filipe Prestes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tostão Nascimento showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 58 minute of play. Erik Marquez charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erik Marquez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd minute, Erik Marquez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Erik Marquez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erik Marquez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Filipe Prestes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. Erik Marquez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Erik Marquez's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 79thth minute, Filipe Prestes skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Erik Marquezs short, quick shot in the 82ndth minute got Filipe Prestes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Erik Marquez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erik Marquez got free with Filipe Prestes in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Erik Marquez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tricolor Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Erik Marquez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Filipe Prestes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 90 minutes into the match, Erik Marquez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Filipe Prestes. Clube Atlético Lei de Gil's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Erik Marquez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.