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Estádio Imbirituba
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Giuseppe Saldanha kicked off to start the match. Rafael Cosme didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guilherme de Souza went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Mané de Alcântara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Guilherme de Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tião Hermes charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tião Hermes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 23 played minutes Maxixeiro got a freekick which was hit by Tião Hermes. 24 minutes into the game, Giuseppe Saldanha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Benjamim Batista was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 32 minutes into the match, Maxixeiro's goal looked a bit too open when Giuseppe Saldanha came free, but Benjamim Batista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Sílvio Meireles came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Imbirituba 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 Sílvio Meireles couldn't finish the play. After 35 minutes, Giuseppe Saldanha made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Maxixeiro's Benjamim Batista tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Maxixeiro's Benjamim Batista proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Maxixeiro from getting a goal against them. Sílvio Meireles who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 40thth minute tested the skills of Benjamim Batista when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 42 minutes into the match, Imbirituba's goal looked a bit too open when Guilherme de Souza came free, but Rafael Cosme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Giuseppe Saldanha 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Guilherme de Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 58th minute, Giuseppe Saldanha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benjamim Batista was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Rafael Cosme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guilherme de Souza in the 62nd minute of the match. After 65 minutes, Renan Arósio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maxixeiro and the Imbirituba players grew even worse after the yellow card. Renan Arósio hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute, Paulo Renato Arce sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Maxixeiro's Benjamim Batista didn't even have to move. Rafael Cosme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guilherme de Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Mané de Alcântara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 78th minute by Mané de Alcântara got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With a little luck, Imbirituba's Rafael Cosme got control of the ball when Mané de Alcântara tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Sílvio Meireles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Imbirituba fans cheered their team off the field, for while Maxixeiro had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.