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Taititu
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cido Novaes started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Atlético-PR getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Donato Fonseca hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when João Vítor Madureira got free with Olavo Varela in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cido Novaes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Olavo Varela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 23 minutes, Cido Novaes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Taititu's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cido Novaes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 24th match minute, Atlético-PR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donato Fonseca to maneuver through the defense. Olavo Varela made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Álvaro Soeiro sent off a good shot on target. If Matheus de Senna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice moves João Vítor Madureira could shoot a difficult shot in the 32nd minute, which Olavo Varela however easily saved by the left post. When %teams%'s Cido Novaes was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 2-1 just inside the left pole, 33 minutes into the game. Olavo Varela was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. Erivaldo Faria kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuel Mangueira during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 43rd match minute, Atlético-PR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Mangueira to maneuver through the defense. Taititu's Cido Novaes got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Atlético-PR's Olavo Varela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Atlético-PR from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luisão Neto was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erivaldo Faria got free with Gonçalo Tinoco in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manuel do Nascimento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olavo Varela having to interfere. 56 minutes into the match, Atlético-PR's goal looked a bit too open when Cido Novaes came free, but Olavo Varela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute Matheus de Senna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olavo Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, Matheus de Senna notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Atlético-PR's Olavo Varela. Olavo Varela was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Atlético-PR defense, João Vítor Madureira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olavo Varela. The Atlético-PR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olavo Varela should have stopped the shot. When João Vítor Madureira came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Taititu 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 João Vítor Madureira couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cido Novaes in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Olavo Varela prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 71 minutes into the match, Atlético-PR's goal looked a bit too open when João Vítor Madureira came free, but Olavo Varela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 73 minutes, Manuel do Nascimento managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Taititu's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manuel do Nascimento was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Olavo Varela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Vítor Madureira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gonçalo Tinoco was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Luisão Neto capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luisão Neto really showed his touch with that goal: 4-2. Olavo Varela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matheus de Senna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manuel do Nascimento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Olavo Varela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 84th minute João Vítor Madureira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olavo Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cido Novaes took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olavo Varela. Olavo Varela dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. Olavo Varela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cido Novaes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes into the match, Atlético-PR's goal looked a bit too open when Matheus de Senna came free, but Olavo Varela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Cido Novaes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olavo Varela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Álvaro Soeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Cido Novaes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olavo Varela was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Taititu fully deserved thier win.