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Riachinho
Spectators: 7254 (Terracing: 5442, Seating: 1668, VIP seats: 144) Riachinho's Erivaldo Chaves 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. Amauri Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natanael Mesquita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute Erivaldo Chaves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amauri Leão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute Zé Augusto Viana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bebeto Pires saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amauri Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erivaldo Chaves, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Erivaldo Chaves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Amauri Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Inesopolis booed when Riachinho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dorival Dionísio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Murilo Arantes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 19th minute, Zé Augusto Viana 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. Gilbert Coussement fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amauri Leão having to interfere. Gilbert Coussement sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 27 minutes into the match, Inesopolis's goal looked a bit too open when Erivaldo Chaves came free, but Amauri Leão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, Gilbert Coussement 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. After 41 minutes, Natanael Mesquita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Riachinho and the Inesopolis players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 41st minute, Natanael Mesquita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Murilo Arantes to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute of the match Inesopolis got a corner. Riachinho's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dário Gonçalves ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Dário Gonçalves almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Riachinho's Bebeto Pires did a great save. Gilbert Coussement's late challenge caught a Inesopolis's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gilbert Coussement helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Inesopolis booed when Riachinho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilbert Coussement didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gilbert Coussement took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amauri Leão. Amauri Leão dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erivaldo Chaves in the 63rd minute of play forced Inesopolis's goalkeeper Amauri Leão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amauri Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erivaldo Chaves in the 70th minute of play. When Erivaldo Chaves came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Riachinho 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 Erivaldo Chaves couldn't finish the play. In the 82nd match minute, Inesopolis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Guilherme Soeiro to maneuver through the defense. Gilbert Coussement fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amauri Leão having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murilo Arantes in the 88th minute of play forced Riachinho's goalkeeper Bebeto Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gilbert Coussement fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amauri Leão having to interfere. Riachinho'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.