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Piaca
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Júnior Carioca took the kick off in the first half of the match. Júnior da Fonseca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgard Ferraz having to interfere. Richard de Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 12 minutes, Felippe Eger mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Luso Carioca and the Piaca EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Felippe Eger hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After 14 minutes, Pedro Paulo da Mata mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Luso Carioca and the Piaca EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th minute, one of Luso Carioca:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Luso Carioca. Richard Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. João Francisco de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19thth minute of the game Júnior Carioca who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Luso Carioca's João Francisco de Medeiros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Richard Castro got free with João Francisco de Medeiros in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Luso Carioca's Cipriano Amaral got a free kick in the 27th minute. With a little luck, Luso Carioca's João Francisco de Medeiros got control of the ball when Hílton Pena tried to sneak it across the goal line. João Francisco de Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Richard Castro sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Richard Castro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving João Francisco de Medeiros. That made the score 2-0 in the 35 minute of play. Richard Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. João Francisco de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Júnior Carioca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Richard Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. João Francisco de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgard Ferraz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard de Amorim in the 45th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Luso Carioca's goalkeeper João Francisco de Medeiros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Richard Castro.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Júnior da Fonseca to make the kick off. João Francisco de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júnior Carioca in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd minute Richard Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Francisco de Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Júnior Carioca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. João Francisco de Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgard Ferraz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júnior da Fonseca in the 62nd minute of play. 66 minutes into the game, Piaca EC's Júnior Carioca nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. João Francisco de Medeiros made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Richard de Amorim blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edgard Ferraz having to make a save. 74 minutes into the match, Luso Carioca's goal looked a bit too open when Júnior Carioca came free, but João Francisco de Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Richard Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Júnior da Fonseca 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 85th minute Richard Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Francisco de Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hílton Pena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Richard Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Francisco de Medeiros having to interfere. In the 91st minute, Richard Castro 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. In the 92nd match minute, Luso Carioca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elano Bittencourt to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Piaca EC had won after a very even match.