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Mengarda Arena
Spectators: 7175 (Terracing: 5383, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 142) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Yuri Pimenta made the kick off which started today's match. Robinho Ortiz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Imbira FC's Roger Bertassi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Imbira FC from getting a goal against them. Robinho Ortiz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Roger Bertassi made a huge save. 9 minutes into the game, Mazinho Baptista was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mengarda FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Imbira FC the free kick. In the 9th match minute, Mengarda FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mazinho Baptista to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th match minute, Mengarda FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuca de Toledo to maneuver through the defense. Mengarda FC's Samuca Pires played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinei Velasco in the 18th minute of play. Chicão Lira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chicão Lira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roger Bertassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Augusto Teixeira in the 26th minute of the match. Cássio Fonseca charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cássio Fonseca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Mengarda FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Cássio Fonseca hit a great ball. In the 30th match minute, Imbira FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anísio Pitta to maneuver through the defense. In the 31stth minute of the game Carlos Augusto Teixeira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Imbira FC's Roger Bertassi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Roger Bertassi was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Carlos Augusto Teixeira capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carlos Augusto Teixeira really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Dinei Velasco charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dinei Velasco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 38th minute, Dinei Velasco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Vítor Severo came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Mengarda FC 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 Vítor Severo couldn't finish the play. Chicão Lira scored 1-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Samuca Pires, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Roger Bertassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robinho Ortiz in the 54th minute of play. After 62 played minutes Imbira FC got a freekick which was hit by Vitório Trigo. After 64 played minutes Imbira FC got a freekick which was hit by Vitório Trigo. After a rather tough play, Mengarda FC's Edelmiro Menga got a free kick in the 66th minute. A collision led to Imbira FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Anísio Pitta hit a great ball. Roger Bertassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robinho Ortiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th match minute, Imbira FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Gustavo Saldanha to maneuver through the defense. Chicão Lira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mengarda FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 85th minute, when Yuri Pimenta scored to the left of an out of position Samuca Pires, making the score, 1-2. When Carlos Augusto Teixeira came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Mengarda FC 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 Carlos Augusto Teixeira couldn't finish the play. When Chicão Lira came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Imbira FC 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 Chicão Lira couldn't finish the play. In the 97th minute, Luís Paulo Carioca 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. Imbira FC were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Mengarda FC's much stronger midfield.