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Spectators: 7222 (Terracing: 5418, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Celso Magalhães kicked off to start the match. In the 13thth minute of the game Tiaguinho Baptista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Xmem's Stig-Arne Nyström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Vivaldo Madureira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Xmem's goalkeeper Stig-Arne Nyström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 24 minutes into the match, Aníbal Sena notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of FC Xmem's Stig-Arne Nyström. Stig-Arne Nyström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sebastião Branco scored 2-0 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stig-Arne Nyström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in FC Xmem's zone, Tiaguinho Baptista stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stig-Arne Nyström came out of the goal and Tiaguinho Baptista tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oséias Salles hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. If Tiaguinho Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Tiaguinho Baptista made the kick off in the second half. Fernando Severo hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Stig-Arne Nyström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vivaldo Madureira in the 60th minute of the match. When Vivaldo Madureira came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Passarinhos 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 Vivaldo Madureira couldn't finish the play. Stig-Arne Nyström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiaguinho Baptista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Vivaldo Madureira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 80 minutes, Celso Magalhães mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Xmem and the Passarinhos players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC Xmem's Celso Magalhães got a free kick in the 80th minute. Celso Magalhães kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. In the 89th minute Vivaldo Madureira 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. Vivaldo Madureira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Stig-Arne Nyström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aníbal Sena charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aníbal Sena the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 97th minute, Aníbal Sena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Passarinhos's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.