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Estádio Melquiades
Spectators: 6660 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zézinho Esteves kicked off to start the match. Narciso Alves hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After 3 played minutes C.R FLAMENNGO got a freekick which was hit by César Abreu. After a defensive mix-up in C.R FLAMENNGO's zone, Eugênio Gomes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Geovani Carioca came out of the goal and Eugênio Gomes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Geovani Carioca was out of position in the 11 minute of play, and Eugênio Gomes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eugênio Gomes really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. After a rather tough play, C.R FLAMENNGO's César Abreu got a free kick in the 13th minute. If Narciso Alves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fernão do Nascimento kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. When Narciso Alves came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the C.R FLAMENNGO 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 Narciso Alves couldn't finish the play. C.R FLAMENNGO's Zézinho Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zeca de Queiroz kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Cássio Prado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Eugênio Gomes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geovani Carioca was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by César Abreu during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. César Abreu hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Cássio Prado struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Geovani Carioca didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Melquiades. Cássio Prado struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Geovani Carioca didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Melquiades. Pedro Paulo Valladares hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Cássio Prado's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Geovani Carioca read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. Melquiades's Beto Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zézinho Esteves in the 45th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eugênio Gomes to make the kick off. Geovani Carioca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Prado in the 51st minute of play. In the 60th match minute, C.R FLAMENNGO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zeca de Queiroz to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rdth minute of the game Eugênio Gomes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.R FLAMENNGO's Geovani Carioca was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to C.R FLAMENNGO getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. César Abreu hit a great ball. Geovani Carioca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugênio Gomes, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Eugênio Gomes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovani Carioca having to interfere. Geovani Carioca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cássio Prado, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Geovani Carioca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugênio Gomes, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugênio Gomes in the 80th minute of play forced C.R FLAMENNGO's goalkeeper Geovani Carioca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute Eugênio Gomes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovani Carioca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geovani Carioca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eugênio Gomes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes into the match, Melquiades's goalkeeper Beto Tinoco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Narciso Alves. Geovani Carioca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugênio Gomes in the 93rd minute of the match. Melquiades's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.