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Tupaceretan
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cássio Leme took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cássio Leme was extremely unlucky when he, in the 4th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 5th minute, Thiago Cardoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 7th match minute, Exclamação de Athena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thiago Cardoso to maneuver through the defense. Murilo Brasil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Jean Guerra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tupaceretan EC's Jean Guerra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Batista in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Jaime de Almeida had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zé Carlos Simões. Exclamação de Athena's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jaime de Almeida was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 19 minutes, Diego Bueno mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tupaceretan EC and the Exclamação de Athena players grew even worse after the yellow card. Diego Bueno kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Exclamação de Athena's Eurico Secco got a free kick in the 24th minute. 25 minutes into the match, Exclamação de Athena's goalkeeper Zé Carlos Simões had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jaime de Almeida. After 28 minutes, Eurico Secco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Exclamação de Athena and the Tupaceretan EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 29th minute, Eurico Secco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 33 played minutes Exclamação de Athena got a freekick which was hit by Valério Fernandes. Cássio Leme received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zé Carlos Simões came out and tried to block the shot, but Cássio Leme slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 35th minute. In the 39th minute, Anderson Passos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Batista in the 40th minute of play forced Tupaceretan EC's goalkeeper Jean Guerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Carlos Simões made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Jaime de Almeida sent off a good shot on target. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marcus Batista was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Jaime de Almeida 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. The audience was convinced that Cássio Leme's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zé Carlos Simões was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 59 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Cássio Leme sped through Exclamação de Athena's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zé Carlos Simões. Marcus Batista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jean Guerra having to interfere. Zé Carlos Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime de Almeida in the 71st minute of play. Marcus Batista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Jean Guerra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jaime de Almeida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Zé Carlos Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zé Carlos Simões stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cássio Leme's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. 84 minutes into the match, Exclamação de Athena's goal looked a bit too open when Cássio Leme came free, but Zé Carlos Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zé Carlos Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Leme in the 93rd minute of play. 94 minutes into the match, Exclamação de Athena's goal looked a bit too open when Cássio Leme came free, but Zé Carlos Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tupaceretan EC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.