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Umarizal
Spectators: 6643 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 143) Gavea Rio's Edmundo Ferraz started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Silvério Schmidt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Stig-Arne Nyström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 7 minutes into the match, FC Xmem's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Ferraz came free, but Stig-Arne Nyström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC Xmem getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Oséias Salles hit a great ball. In the 11th minute Silvério Schmidt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stig-Arne Nyström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oséias Salles made in the 14th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Celso Magalhães. If Celso Magalhães had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stig-Arne Nyström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Ferraz, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 24th minute, Edmundo Ferraz 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. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gavea Rio's goalkeeper Manfredo Aparecido, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gavea Rio's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arif Şahoğlu was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Xmem's players had a chance to rest. Arif Şahoğlu made a great header on FC Xmem's corner, it was just that Gavea Rio's Manfredo Aparecido managed to reach the ball for a save. When Bruno Moura fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Xmem's protests and gave Bruno Moura a yellow card for diving instead. Bruno Moura kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. The audience held their breath when Pedrinho Maranhense in the 39th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Manfredo Aparecido's left hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Silvério Schmidt managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gavea Rio's supporters rose to their feet, but Silvério Schmidt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stig-Arne Nyström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Celso Magalhães stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Edmundo Ferraz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Silvério Schmidt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edmundo Ferraz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvério Schmidt in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Xmem's goalkeeper Stig-Arne Nyström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes in the game Bruno Moura did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Celso Magalhães. It was beautiful to see FC Xmem's Celso Magalhães in action when he in the 65th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! In the 72nd minute Celso Magalhães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manfredo Aparecido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stig-Arne Nyström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredinho Sena in the 77th minute of play. Oséias Salles's late challenge caught a Gavea Rio's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oséias Salles helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Gavea Rio booed when FC Xmem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oséias Salles didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gavea Rio's Silvério Schmidt got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edmundo Ferraz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Stig-Arne Nyström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gavea Rio were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.