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Estádio José Vareda
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zé Carlos Mandrak got the match started through his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Centro Limoeirense's Flavinho Leite slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of José Maria Toscano. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. 9 minutes in the game, Jan Drake fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without José Maria Toscano having to interfere. In the 15th minute, Orlando Viana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Flavinho Leite managed to get in a good position for a shot. Centro Limoeirense's supporters rose to their feet, but Flavinho Leite was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. José Maria Toscano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Clóvis Mineiro charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Clóvis Mineiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavinho Leite in the 26th minute of play forced Turma da 28's goalkeeper José Maria Toscano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Jan Drake put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of José Maria Toscano. A collision led to Turma da 28 getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Pedro Luís Linares hit a great ball. Flavinho Leite sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Paulo José Almeida came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Centro Limoeirense 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 Paulo José Almeida couldn't finish the play. In the 39th minute, Cláudio Paes fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Zé Carlos Mandrak kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Jan Drake who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of José Maria Toscano when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paulo José Almeida stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jeremias Andrade hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Paulo José Almeida struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. José Maria Toscano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Centro Limoeirense. Felipe Lira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Jan Drake's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Maria Toscano was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. When Paulo José Almeida came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Centro Limoeirense 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 Paulo José Almeida couldn't finish the play. Paulo José Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 66th minute, Paulo José Almeida left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Centro Limoeirense fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 69 minutes into the match, Turma da 28's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo José Almeida came free, but José Maria Toscano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute, Paulo José Almeida made a precise shot to the right of José Maria Toscano. Turma da 28's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. José Maria Toscano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Drake in the 72nd minute of the match. Jeremias Andrade charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jeremias Andrade the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jeremias Andrade hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Turma da 28's zone, Paulo José Almeida stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Maria Toscano came out of the goal and Paulo José Almeida tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paulo José Almeida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Centro Limoeirense's Flavinho Leite got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Paulo José Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 95 minutes, Flavinho Leite managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Centro Limoeirense's supporters crossed their fingers, but Flavinho Leite was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Centro Limoeirense's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.