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Estádio Sapuparo
Spectators: 6652 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cristian Romero started the match with the kick off. After 3 played minutes Araioses AD got a freekick which was hit by Durval Custódio. With his leg Zé Augusto Mesquita managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when Sapuparo AD's Fiori Bezerra fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cristian Romero scored 0-1 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gilmar Maia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 11thth minute of the game Cristian Romero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sapuparo AD's Gilmar Maia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 12 minutes, Luan Proença managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Araioses AD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luan Proença was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 12 minutes into the game, Araioses AD's Cristian Romero nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gilmar Maia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. If Fiori Bezerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sapuparo AD's Baltazar Proença couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 20th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Araioses AD. In the 25th minute, Cristian Romero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Araioses AD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Gilmar Maia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luan Proença, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Cristian Romero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luan Proença sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47th minute Cristian Romero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilmar Maia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nilton Zanette to strike the kick off in the second half. Zé Augusto Mesquita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nilton Zanette in the 51st minute of play. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sapuparo AD's goalkeeper Gilmar Maia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 63 played minutes Cristian Romero rounded Sapuparo AD's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-4. Hernani Falcão charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hernani Falcão the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Sapuparo AD's Hernani Falcão got a free kick in the 68th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Fiori Bezerra managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sapuparo AD's supporters rose to their feet, but Fiori Bezerra was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zé Augusto Mesquita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 73rd minute, Silvério das Neves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Araioses AD's Gilmar Maia threw himself towards the right post 84 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cristian Romero, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Cristian Romero was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 86th minute. Araioses AD's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Zeca Domingues took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 92nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gilmar Maia. Sapuparo AD's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cristian Romero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Gilmar Maia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.