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Pascom
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rafael Varela started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Matheus Leite notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Pascom's César França. César França was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 7 minutes into the game, Genílson Coutinho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Corrida's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pascom the free kick. Nilmar Meireles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cléber Meireles having to interfere. In the 12th match minute, Corrida was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Genílson Coutinho to maneuver through the defense. César França came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Corrida's Frank Moreno. But to his dismay, Frank Moreno quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The supporters of Corrida booed when Pascom was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseu Almeida didn't get a good kick on the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Pascom's goal looked a bit too open when Matheus Leite came free, but César França reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Pascom's Eliseu Almeida got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Matheus Leite fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without César França having to interfere. When Matheus Leite came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Corrida 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 Matheus Leite couldn't finish the play. Yan Miranda took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 34th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for César França. Pascom's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 37th match minute, Pascom was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rômulo Rosa to maneuver through the defense. César França stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hélio da Fonseca's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Moreno to make the kick off. César França showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Moreno in the 54th minute of the match. Frank Moreno recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 57 minutes of play Corrida's Genílson Coutinho was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Corrida's Genílson Coutinho got a free kick in the 58th minute. Nilmar Meireles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Cléber Meireles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. César França made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matheus Leite in the 62nd minute of play. César França was a little too slow when Matheus Leite got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 0-6. If Matheus Leite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cléber Meireles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Varela in the 75th minute of the match. If Matheus Leite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Frank Moreno struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. César França didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Corrida. Eliseu Almeida kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Matheus Leite managed to get in a good position for a shot. Corrida's supporters rose to their feet, but Matheus Leite was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. César França breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Orlando Paraíba might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over César França. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Orlando Paraíba ran back to his position shaking his head. Matheus Leite received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. César França tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Matheus Leite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frank Moreno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hélio da Fonseca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. César França tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Corrida left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Pascom.