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Estádio Tesoura
Spectators: 7300 (Terracing: 5534, Seating: 1696, VIP seats: 70) Tesoura's Sandro de Lara started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Koepsel EC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Eliézer Vidal hit a great ball. The audience held their breath when Carlos Alberto de Medeiros in the 9th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the José Carlos Cardozo's left hand side. Tesoura's Tomé Schmidt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faustão Mello in the 13th minute of play. Sandro de Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. José Carlos Cardozo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 21 played minutes Tesoura got a freekick which was hit by Alexsandro Moura. In the 24th minute Faustão Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomé Schmidt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Tesoura's goal looked a bit too open when Faustão Mello came free, but Tomé Schmidt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Carlos Cardozo made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Sandro de Lara sent off a good shot on target. 29 minutes into the match, Tesoura's goal looked a bit too open when Durval Dias came free, but Tomé Schmidt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomé Schmidt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gláuber Pimenta went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Tomé Schmidt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faustão Mello, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After some careless play in the Tesoura defense, Eriberto Sousa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tomé Schmidt. The Tesoura fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tomé Schmidt should have stopped the shot. Tesoura's Tomé Schmidt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Durval Dias in the 44th minute of play. In the 46th minute, Tesoura's Cléberson Neves dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Faustão Mello made a kick off. After 56 minutes, Carlos Alberto de Medeiros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tesoura and the Koepsel EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 60 minutes of play, Tesoura's Sandro de Lara made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. José Carlos Cardozo was left in no man's land by his defense there! José Carlos Cardozo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baba Figo, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Cléber Vasconcelos's late challenge caught a Tesoura's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cléber Vasconcelos helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of Koepsel EC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Tesoura:s goal. José Carlos Cardozo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ediberto Peres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Koepsel EC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Gláuber Pimenta hit a great ball. José Carlos Cardozo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sandro de Lara in the 80th minute of the match. José Carlos Cardozo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ediberto Peres, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. José Carlos Cardozo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sandro de Lara in the 83rd minute of play. If Sandro de Lara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 86 minutes into the game, Durval Dias was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Koepsel EC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tesoura the free kick. Durval Dias hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Sandro de Lara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Carlos Cardozo having to interfere. If Sandro de Lara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 95 minutes, Antônio de Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tesoura's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antônio de Lara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 96th match minute, Tesoura was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baba Figo to maneuver through the defense. If Sandro de Lara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.