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Estádio Tupe
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Natã Freitas made the kick off and thus started the match. When João Zonta fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Embira's protests and gave João Zonta a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Embira's João Zonta got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Embira's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Naldo Reis was slow to take the kick. During this time Tupe FC's players had a chance to rest. Naldo Reis made a great header on Tupe FC's corner, it was just that Embira's Raí Cordeiro managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 7th match minute, Embira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgard Secco to maneuver through the defense. Raí Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduardo Leal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sydney Zonta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Téo de Azevedo in the 11th minute of the match. Sydney Zonta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Téo de Azevedo's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. If Jonas Bittencourt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Natã Freitas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Sydney Zonta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eduardo Leal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Raí Cordeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Natã Freitas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sydney Zonta was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Tupe FC's Eduardo Leal got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Natã Freitas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Natã Freitas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Natã Freitas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eduardo Leal was the one to do the kick off. Raí Cordeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Téo de Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sydney Zonta having to interfere. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tupe FC's goalkeeper Sydney Zonta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natã Freitas in the 88th minute of play forced Tupe FC's goalkeeper Sydney Zonta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st match minute, Embira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgard Secco to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Eduardo Leal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tupe FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eduardo Leal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raí Cordeiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Embira's Raí Cordeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonas Bittencourt in the 93rd minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Tupe FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Embira had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.