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Estádio Pinhaozeiro
Spectators: 7237 (Terracing: 5463, Seating: 1674, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. José Maria Brito started the match with the kick off. Gil Cordeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Joel Magalhães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Lauro Guimarães's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joel Magalhães was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. If Gil Cordeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kléber Senna charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kléber Senna the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Uberaba FC booed when Pinhaozeiro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléber Senna didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serginho Meirelles in the 15th minute of play forced Pinhaozeiro's goalkeeper Joel Magalhães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Zé Carlos de Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uberaba FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Zé Carlos de Sousa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joel Magalhães breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joel Magalhães didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Flavinho Carneiro went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Kléber Senna got his second yellow card in the match during the 36th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, Pinhaozeiro's Kléber Senna got a free kick in the 37th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Lauro Guimarães had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Joel Magalhães. Pinhaozeiro's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lauro Guimarães was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. When Luciano Antunes fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pinhaozeiro's protests and gave Luciano Antunes a yellow card for diving instead. Luciano Antunes kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 44th minute, Gil Cordeiro 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 some careless play in the Pinhaozeiro defense, Ismael de Queirós kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joel Magalhães. The Pinhaozeiro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joel Magalhães should have stopped the shot. The Pinhaozeiro players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Uberaba FC were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gil Cordeiro was the one to do the kick off. Gil Cordeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 53 minutes into the match, Pinhaozeiro's goal looked a bit too open when Ismael de Queirós came free, but Joel Magalhães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Pinhaozeiro's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Carlos de Sousa came free, but Joel Magalhães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Uberaba FC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Zé Carlos de Sousa hit a great ball. Pinhaozeiro's Joel Magalhães proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Pinhaozeiro from getting a goal against them. If Luciano Antunes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 70 minutes in the game, Flavinho Carneiro fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Joel Magalhães having to interfere. Joel Magalhães made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Gil Cordeiro sent off a good shot on target. 78 minutes into the match, Uberaba FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luciano Antunes came free, but Dário Linhares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th minute, Ismael de Queirós hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the game, Gil Cordeiro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Joel Magalhães. Gil Cordeiro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-5. If Gil Cordeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.