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Estádio Vimeiro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anísio Costa kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Hamílton Nogueira got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Diego Galvão charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Diego Galvão the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th match minute, Vimeiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Galvão to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kaká Cruz got free with Pedro Batista in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 16 minutes into the game, João Vítor França cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tomás Melo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 20 minutes into the match, Kaká Cruz notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL's Pedro Batista. Pedro Batista was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. João Vítor França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 38th match minute, Vimeiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anísio Costa to maneuver through the defense. Jaime Souza's late challenge caught a Vimeiro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jaime Souza helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Vimeiro booed when SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Souza didn't get a good kick on the ball. Chicão Secco, 42 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Pedro Batista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anísio Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hamílton Nogueira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Vimeiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zé Carneiro to maneuver through the defense. João Vítor França sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Caetano Barreto fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL's protests and gave Caetano Barreto a yellow card for diving instead. The referee gave Vimeiro a penalty, 63 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Chicão Secco, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL's Pedro Batista. 2-1. Kaká Cruz's late challenge caught a SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kaká Cruz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th match minute, Vimeiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kaká Cruz to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Vimeiro's Diego Galvão got a free kick in the 67th minute. A collision led to SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Jaime Souza hit a great ball. Vimeiro's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Chicão Secco in the 75th minute. Kaká Cruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Batista having to interfere. Vimeiro were awarded a corner in the 84th minute after SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Chicão Secco took the corner. The corner led to Vimeiro's Antônio de Brito getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 86 minutes into the match, Kaká Cruz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pedro Batista. SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kaká Cruz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Vimeiro's Tomás Melo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamílton Nogueira in the 96th minute of play. Pedro Batista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anísio Costa in the 98th minute of play. Vimeiro were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of SÃO PAULO IZIDIO FUTEBOL for a fine match.