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Estádio Cruangy
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. Guto Mattos started the match with the kick off. Leonardo Santos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Arantes, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Osmar de Amaral during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 6 played minutes FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE got a freekick which was hit by Osmar de Amaral. If Ediberto Tavares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th match minute, Cruangy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by César Macedo to maneuver through the defense. Guto Mattos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Pedro Luís Correia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 19 played minutes Luiz Fábio Arantes rounded FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. In the 27thth minute of the game Luiz Fábio Arantes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE's Leonardo Santos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ediberto Tavares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Leonardo Santos made a huge save. With his leg Leonardo Santos managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Cruangy's Ediberto Tavares fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ediberto Tavares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Leonardo Santos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE's Leonardo Santos got control of the ball when Ediberto Tavares tried to sneak it across the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luiz Fábio Arantes to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Ediberto Tavares notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE's Leonardo Santos. Leonardo Santos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ediberto Tavares struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Leonardo Santos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cruangy. After some careless play in the FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE defense, Luiz Fábio Arantes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonardo Santos. The FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonardo Santos should have stopped the shot. Luiz Fábio Arantes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonardo Santos having to interfere. After 75 minutes, Zézinho de Amorim mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cruangy and the FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Cruangy's Zézinho de Amorim got a free kick in the 76th minute. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cruangy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nelson Arósio was slow to take the kick. During this time FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Adilson Alvarenga almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cruangy's Pedro Luís Correia did a great save. When Ediberto Tavares came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Cruangy 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 Ediberto Tavares couldn't finish the play. Luiz Fábio Arantes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 91 minutes into the match, FOZ FUTEBOL CLUBE's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Fábio Arantes came free, but Leonardo Santos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ediberto Tavares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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. Cruangy fully deserved thier win.