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Itabuna
Spectators: 7042 (Terracing: 5390, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 0) Cícero Fonseca struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Júnior Antunes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Montes Claros FC. After a defensive mix-up in Itabuna's zone, Cícero Fonseca stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Júnior Antunes came out of the goal and Cícero Fonseca tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Celsinho Castro might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Júnior Antunes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Celsinho Castro ran back to his position shaking his head. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Cícero Fonseca managed to get in a good position for a shot. Montes Claros FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Cícero Fonseca was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Júnior Antunes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 10thth minute of the game Celsinho Castro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Itabuna's Júnior Antunes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Paulo Travassos came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Itabuna 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 Paulo Travassos couldn't finish the play. Montes Claros FC's Rafael da Mata proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Montes Claros FC from getting a goal against them. If Paulo Travassos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rafael da Mata showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elivélton Brasil, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Cícero Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Júnior Antunes having to interfere. If Elivélton Brasil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Celsinho Castro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Montes Claros FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Celsinho Castro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Júnior Antunes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Celsinho Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Júnior Antunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Celsinho Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Júnior Antunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Elivélton Brasil in the 51st minute of play forced Montes Claros FC's goalkeeper Rafael da Mata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 53 played minutes Montes Claros FC got a freekick which was hit by Antônio Carlos Barbosa. When Yuri Tasso fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Montes Claros FC's protests and gave Yuri Tasso a yellow card for diving instead. Yuri Tasso hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Montes Claros FC's goalkeeper Rafael da Mata, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cícero Fonseca struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Júnior Antunes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Montes Claros FC. After 70 played minutes Celsinho Castro rounded Itabuna's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elivélton Brasil in the 77th minute of play forced Montes Claros FC's goalkeeper Rafael da Mata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Yuri Tasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ernesto Figueiredo hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Itabuna's zone, Celsinho Castro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Júnior Antunes came out of the goal and Celsinho Castro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 89th minute, Cícero Fonseca ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Júnior Antunes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After 92 minutes of play, Montes Claros FC's Celsinho Castro made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Júnior Antunes was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Itabuna fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Montes Claros FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.