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Estádio Amorinopolis
Spectators: 7194 (Terracing: 5397, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roberto Pontes got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Amorinopolis's Luizinho Capixaba got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After a rather tough play, Amorinopolis's Luizinho Capixaba got a free kick in the 4th minute. Hílton Souto took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Wilson Diniz. Amorinopolis's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Amorinopolis getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. José Paulo Abreu hit a great ball. Roberto Pontes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilson Diniz having to interfere. The Cruz das Almas FC fans' excitement grew in the 13th match minute when Cruz das Almas FC's Roberto Pontes looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 16th minute, Roberto Pontes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cruz das Almas FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ademir Corrêa in the 23rd minute of play forced Amorinopolis's goalkeeper Wilson Diniz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cesinha Berger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Recife, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. A collision led to Cruz das Almas FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Ademir Corrêa hit a great ball. 36 minutes into the match, Ronaldão Meireles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cesinha Berger. Cruz das Almas FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ronaldão Meireles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After 40 played minutes Amorinopolis got a freekick which was hit by Luizinho Capixaba. If Marcus Recife had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcus Recife to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Marcus Recife made a precise shot to the right of Cesinha Berger. Cruz das Almas FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. César Ramalho hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Ruy Lima was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 64th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Cesinha Berger didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ronaldão Meireles went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Cesinha Berger took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Recife, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, Marcus Recife ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cesinha Berger was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-3. In the 84th minute Marcus Recife shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cesinha Berger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th play minute Luís Teixeira came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Wilson Diniz. 5-4. Luís Teixeira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Wilson Diniz made a huge save. Wilson Diniz made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Luís Teixeira sent off a good shot on target. Amorinopolis's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.