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Dilmas Filgueiras
Spectators: 7399 (Terracing: 5550, Seating: 1702, VIP seats: 147) Ceará S.A's Luiz Fábio Toledo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wágner Ferraz in the 3rd minute of play forced Ceará S.A's goalkeeper Germano Lira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wágner Ferraz kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luiz Fábio Toledo got free with Tião Santos in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Ceará S.A booed when Tuiuti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilton Leão didn't get a good kick on the ball. 10 minutes into the match, Cido Silveira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Germano Lira. Ceará S.A's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cido Silveira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Cido Silveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Germano Lira having to interfere. Luiz Fábio Toledo might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tião Santos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luiz Fábio Toledo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 17th minute, Luiz Fábio Toledo 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. Germano Lira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wágner Ferraz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute, Wágner Ferraz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tuiuti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Luiz Fábio Toledo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 38th minute, Ivo Pitta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luiz Fábio Toledos short, quick shot in the 41stth minute got Tião Santos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Renan Sampaio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tuiuti's supporters rose to their feet, but Renan Sampaio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Germano Lira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Germano Lira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cido Silveira went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Germano Lira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wágner Ferraz in the 48th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Germano Lira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cido Silveira in the 52nd minute of play. If Cido Silveira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 57 minutes into the match, Ceará S.A's goal looked a bit too open when Cido Silveira came free, but Germano Lira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wágner Ferraz got free with Germano Lira in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute, Alexandre Negri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilton Leão charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilton Leão the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 63rd match minute, Tuiuti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilton Leão to maneuver through the defense. Lauro do Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tião Santos having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Alexandre Negri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 71 played minutes Tuiuti got a freekick which was hit by Dário Simões. Joel Sampaio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 74th minute, Luiz Fábio Toledo 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. Germano Lira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wágner Ferraz in the 76th minute. Germano Lira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cido Silveira in the 77th minute of the match. 78 minutes into the match, Cido Silveira notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Ceará S.A's Germano Lira. Germano Lira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 81st minute, Luiz Fábio Toledo 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wágner Ferraz got free with Germano Lira in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wágner Ferraz scored 1-5 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Germano Lira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Germano Lira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cido Silveira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Tuiuti getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Wágner Ferraz hit a great ball. The Tuiuti 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.