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Spectators: 6769 (Terracing: 5100, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 0) Eugênio Velasco started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Eugênio Velasco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Eugênio Velasco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celsinho Pontes was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Fiori Mota's late challenge caught a Macaé esporte clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fiori Mota helped the player get up and apologised. When Evaristo Lara fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Balaco's protests and gave Evaristo Lara a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Macaé esporte clube booed when Balaco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evaristo Lara didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute, Fiori Mota 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. The supporters of Macaé esporte clube booed when Balaco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Luiz Leme didn't get a good kick on the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Eugênio Velasco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Celsinho Pontes. Balaco's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eugênio Velasco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serginho Cabral in the 26th minute of play forced Balaco's goalkeeper Celsinho Pontes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valdo Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evaristo Lara in the 28th minute of play. Eugênio Velasco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fiori Mota kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Eugênio Velasco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Macaé esporte clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Eugênio Velasco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Celsinho Pontes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eugênio Velasco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celsinho Pontes having to interfere. Celsinho Pontes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eugênio Velasco's shot from short distance in the 38th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Evaristo Lara to make the kick off. Macaé esporte clube's Júlio Pinho got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 55 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Eugênio Velasco sped through Balaco's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Celsinho Pontes. Celsinho Pontes didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Macaé esporte clube's Eugênio Velasco shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. If Eugênio Velasco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eugênio Velasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 76th minute, Marcel Batista 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eugênio Velasco got free with Celsinho Pontes in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Evaristo Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Valdo Lara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Samuel Motta charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Samuel Motta the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 83rd minute of the game. One of Macaé esporte clube:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Balaco:s goal. In the 85th minute there was a penalty for Balaco. Gilberto Barbosa stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Valdo Lara. 1-3. Valdo Lara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Batista in the 91st minute of play. Emanuel Mendes hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Macaé esporte clube's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.