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Arena Maracai
Spectators: 7284 (Terracing: 5465, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 144) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eurico Meira took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Eurico Meira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adrianinho Branco was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. 1-0 became the score in the 5th minute when Eurico Meira elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Tupancireta's Adrianinho Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcel Corrêa in the 8th minute of play. Luizão Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eurico Meira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrianinho Branco having to interfere. Adrianinho Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel Corrêa in the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute Luizão Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils Elssen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eurico Meira in the 23rd minute of play forced Tupancireta's goalkeeper Adrianinho Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jailson Romero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Adrianinho Branco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When André Luís Moura fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tupancireta's protests and gave André Luís Moura a yellow card for diving instead. After 30 played minutes Tupancireta got a freekick which was hit by André Luís Moura. 31 minutes into the match, Tupancireta's goal looked a bit too open when Eurico Meira came free, but Adrianinho Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adrianinho Branco was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eurico Meira showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 33 minute of play. Eurico Meira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrianinho Branco having to interfere. Charles Paraíba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Adrianinho Branco made a huge save. Eurico Meira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrianinho Branco having to interfere. When Gilberto Matos fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tupancireta's protests and gave Gilberto Matos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 45th minute, Gilberto Matos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Charles Paraíba in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adrianinho Branco saved Tupancireta from getting behind. In the 54th minute Jailson Romero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrianinho Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 56 played minutes Maracai F.C got a freekick which was hit by Charles Paraíba. After 60 minutes of play, Maracai F.C's Charles Paraíba made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adrianinho Branco was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Edgar Teles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Eurico Meira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tupancireta's goalkeeper Adrianinho Branco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcel Corrêa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 76 minutes, Eurico Meira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maracai F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eurico Meira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adrianinho Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eurico Meira in the 80th minute of play. If Edgar Teles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute Eurico Meira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrianinho Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adrianinho Branco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eurico Meira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adrianinho Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgar Teles in the 93rd minute of the match. Adrianinho Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eurico Meira in the 96th minute of the match. Maracai F.C's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.