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Martins Pereira
Spectators: 7185 (Terracing: 5391, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 142) An unexpectedly hard shot by Nelsinho Antunes in the 3rd minute of play forced São José F. C.'s goalkeeper Tomé Barral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Real Atlético Estados getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Luiz Fábio Medeiros hit a great ball. Claudinei Lago received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Cícero Cosme tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the game, Walmir Tepedino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tomé Barral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Claudinei Lago was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 20th minute. São José F. C.'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When Bruno Moreno came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the São José F. C. 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 Bruno Moreno couldn't finish the play. In the 24th minute Betinho Zonta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomé Barral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudinei Lago blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cícero Cosme having to make a save. After a defensive mix-up in Real Atlético Estados's zone, Paulo Eger stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cícero Cosme came out of the goal and Paulo Eger tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tomé Barral came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Atlético Estados's Hílton Souza. But to his dismay, Hílton Souza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 40 played minutes São José F. C. got a freekick which was hit by Marcelinho Pontes. After 46 minutes, Wilson Damião mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the São José F. C. and the Real Atlético Estados players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Real Atlético Estados booed when São José F. C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilson Damião didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nelsinho Antunes to make the kick off. In the 54th minute of the match São José F. C. got a corner. Real Atlético Estados's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adalberto Bertassi ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Adalberto Bertassi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Real Atlético Estados's Cícero Cosme did a great save. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Hílton Souza took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Tomé Barral to make any attempt to save it. A collision led to Real Atlético Estados getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Luiz Fábio Medeiros hit a great ball. If Marcelinho Pontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Betinho Zonta hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Tomé Barral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelsinho Antunes in the 65th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Real Atlético Estados's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinei Lago came free, but Cícero Cosme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomé Barral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelsinho Antunes in the 71st minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, São José F. C.'s Claudinei Lago sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cícero Cosme narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 81st match minute, São José F. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelinho Pontes to maneuver through the defense. Tomé Barral made an important save on a dangerous shot by Walmir Tepedino in the 93rd minute. The Real Atlético Estados players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.