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Arena Alharponi
Spectators: 7222 (Terracing: 5418, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) Alharponi's Armandinho Tróia 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. 3 minutes into the match, Montana EC's Beto Zanette sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tião Leão narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Vinícius Paraense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Carlos Alberto Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, Montana EC's goal looked a bit too open when Armandinho Tróia came free, but Carlos Alberto Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vinícius Paraense in the 11thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Carlos Alberto Neves, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The supporters of Alharponi booed when Montana EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filipe Borges didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alharponi's Vinícius Paraense got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Armandinho Tróia succeeded in the game's 18th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Carlos Alberto Neves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armandinho Tróia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vinícius Paraense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 32 minutes, Filipe Borges mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Montana EC and the Alharponi players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 32nd match minute, Montana EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipe Borges to maneuver through the defense. Carlos Alberto Neves was out of position in the 34 minute of play, and Vinícius Paraense capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Vinícius Paraense really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Alharponi's goalkeeper Tião Leão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Beto Zanette managed to get in a good position for a shot. Montana EC's supporters rose to their feet, but Beto Zanette was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tião Leão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joélson Nunes to make the kick off. Tião Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joélson Nunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Carlos Alberto Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armandinho Tróia in the 60th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Vinícius Paraense managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alharponi's supporters rose to their feet, but Vinícius Paraense was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carlos Alberto Neves breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carlos Alberto Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vinícius Paraense, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 73 minutes into the match, Vinícius Paraense had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Alberto Neves. Montana EC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vinícius Paraense was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Carlos Alberto Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armandinho Tróia in the 84th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Armandinho Tróia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Alberto Neves was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alharponi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Elano Vale was slow to take the kick. During this time Montana EC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Montana EC's corner Elano Vale fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tião Leão quite easily take care of the ball. Alharponi walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.