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Estádio Iratinga
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Iratinga AD's Frank Luz 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. Délio Gaúcho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Enio Abreu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Dênis Prestes's late challenge caught a Iratinga AD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dênis Prestes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th minute, Dênis Prestes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, Mangunca's goalkeeper Enio Abreu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wilton Linhares. After a rather tough play, Iratinga AD's Cristóvão Velasco got a free kick in the 11th minute. Ciro Prestes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Roberto Linhares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Iratinga AD's Roberto Linhares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ciro Prestes in the 15th minute of play. After 22 played minutes Mangunca got a freekick which was hit by Arthur Pimenta. The supporters of Iratinga AD booed when Mangunca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arthur Pimenta didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Frank Luz fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Iratinga AD's protests and gave Frank Luz a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Iratinga AD's Frank Luz got a free kick in the 26th minute. Ciro Prestes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Roberto Linhares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ademar Damião hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Délio Gaúcho could shoot a difficult shot in the 32nd minute, which Enio Abreu however easily saved by the left post. In the 35th minute, Ciro Prestes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mangunca fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciro Prestes in the 41st minute of play forced Iratinga AD's goalkeeper Roberto Linhares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 45th minute of the match Dênis Prestes completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Dênis Prestes a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 45th minute of the game. One of Mangunca:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Iratinga AD:s goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ciro Prestes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Mangunca's Ciro Prestes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Linhares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ciro Prestes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Roberto Linhares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 61 minutes, Ciro Prestes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mangunca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ciro Prestes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ciro Prestes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Linhares having to interfere. Roberto Linhares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciro Prestes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frank Luz might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Enio Abreu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Luz ran back to his position shaking his head. If Ciro Prestes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Miguel Arruda charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Miguel Arruda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Mangunca booed when Iratinga AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Arruda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Délio Gaúcho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enio Abreu having to interfere. A collision led to Iratinga AD getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Délio Gaúcho hit a great ball. The supporters of Mangunca booed when Iratinga AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Arruda didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 98th minute, Ciro Prestes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the final whistle sounded Mangunca left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Iratinga AD.