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Estádio Gadelha
Spectators: 7188 (Terracing: 5393, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 142) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Duarte Guimarães during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 6th minute of the game. One of Leandronses:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Gadelha SS:s goal. The supporters of Gadelha SS booed when Leandronses was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Haroldo Mendes didn't get a good kick on the ball. If José Carlos Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Agnaldo Barros hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Agnaldo Barros during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gadelha SS's Mauro Ferreira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mário Recife in the 21st minute of play. When Alexandre Guerra fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gadelha SS's protests and gave Alexandre Guerra a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Leandronses booed when Gadelha SS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Guerra didn't get a good kick on the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Leandronses's Haroldo Mendes broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Through an outstanding action, after 31 minutes, Geovanni Soeiro successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Leandronses's Geovanni Soeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Carlos Fernandez in the 33rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Leandronses defense, José Carlos Fernandez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Geovanni Soeiro. The Leandronses fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Geovanni Soeiro should have stopped the shot. After having played for 41 minutes, José Carlos Fernandez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gadelha SS's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Carlos Fernandez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Armando da Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovanni Soeiro having to interfere. After 44 minutes, Manoel Varela mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Leandronses and the Gadelha SS players grew even worse after the yellow card. Armando da Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Geovanni Soeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Alessandro Pernambucano hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. If José Carlos Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 62nd match minute, Leandronses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agnaldo Barros to maneuver through the defense. 63 minutes into the match, Armando da Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Geovanni Soeiro. Leandronses's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Armando da Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Geovanni Soeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando da Costa in the 69th minute of the match. If Mário Recife had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mário Recife in the 73rd minute of play forced Gadelha SS's goalkeeper Mauro Ferreira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute Mário Recife shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Ferreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Gadelha SS booed when Leandronses was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manoel Varela didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that José Carlos Fernandez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geovanni Soeiro was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Mauro Ferreira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Acácio Aguiar in the 87th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Gadelha SS's goalkeeper Mauro Ferreira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Acácio Aguiar. Geovanni Soeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armando da Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Gadelha SS had won after a very even match.