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Espinhos Arena
Spectators: 7391 (Terracing: 5545, Seating: 1699, VIP seats: 147) Bruno de Senna made the kick off and thus started the match. Dedé Pinheiro kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. When Dalmo Mendonça fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Botafogo's protests and gave Dalmo Mendonça a yellow card for diving instead. In the 10th match minute, Botafogo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dalmo Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Botafogo's goalkeeper Benedito Gomes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Botafogo's Jailson de Souza got a free kick in the 13th minute. Humberto Ferreira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Benedito Gomes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aníbal Campidelis charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aníbal Campidelis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Caquitos's Aníbal Campidelis got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 28th minute, Emílio dos Santos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Luisinho Santos sped through Caquitos's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Willian da Silveira. The audience was convinced that Luisinho Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Willian da Silveira was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. In the 40th minute Bruno de Senna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedito Gomes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno de Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Humberto Ferreira might have been able to make a better finish in the 48th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benedito Gomes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Humberto Ferreira ran back to his position shaking his head.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luisinho Santos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Caquitos's goalkeeper Willian da Silveira, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A hard shot 64 in the game by Luisinho Santos from a close distance when the talented Willian da Silveira managed to make a qualified save. Caquitos's players were relieved. Willian da Silveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisinho Santos in the 69th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luisinho Santos in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Willian da Silveira saved Caquitos from getting behind. Dedé Pinheiro hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Humberto Ferreira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Benedito Gomes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bruno de Senna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Benedito Gomes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 87 minutes, Bruno de Senna managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Caquitos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bruno de Senna was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Caquitos's Willian da Silveira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Caquitos from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Botafogo's zone, Bruno de Senna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benedito Gomes came out of the goal and Bruno de Senna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 96th minute, Bruno de Senna 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. Bruno de Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedito Gomes having to interfere. When the match was over Botafogo could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Caquitos throughout the match.