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Estádio Black Rivers
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Claudinei Lucas made the kick off which started today's match. Fellipe Arantes hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Thiago Paulista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Praia Clube booed when Rivers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseu Vidal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gláuber de Salles took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Falcão Fonseca. Rivers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Rivers's Falcão Fonseca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thiago Paulista in the 7th minute of play. Thiago Paulista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Falcão Fonseca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jean Cardoso blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Robinho de Azevedo having to make a save. Cláudio de Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Robinho de Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cláudio de Barros hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Falcão Fonseca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thiago Paulista in the 17th minute of the match. Sérgio Bastos hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Praia Clube's Robinho de Azevedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Praia Clube from getting a goal against them. Robinho de Azevedo made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Cláudio de Barros sent off a good shot on target. When Frederico França fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rivers's protests and gave Frederico França a yellow card for diving instead. In the 31st minute of the match Albertinho Baiano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Falcão Fonseca skillfully saved the ball. Falcão Fonseca didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Claudinei Lucas went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Praia Clube were furious when Sérgio Bastos was red carded, 42 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 42 minutes into the game, one of Praia Clube:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jean Cardoso stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Robinho de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean Cardoso, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Sydney Valadares's late challenge caught a Rivers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sydney Valadares helped the player get up and apologised. Sydney Valadares hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Jean Cardoso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Robinho de Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jean Cardoso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cláudio de Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Robinho de Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Praia Clube defense, Jean Cardoso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robinho de Azevedo. The Praia Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robinho de Azevedo should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Cardoso in the 86th minute of play forced Praia Clube's goalkeeper Robinho de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thiago Paulista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Falcão Fonseca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Thiago Paulista 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. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Rivers fans cheered their team off the field, for while Praia Clube had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.