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ITAJUBA
Spectators: 7274 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 144) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wilton Gaspar took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Agremiação Paulista's Edu Gonçalves sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sidnei Batista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edu Gonçalves in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sidnei Batista saved ITAJUBA from getting behind. Erofey Belyanskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilton Gaspar in the 12th minute of play. Erofey Belyanskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilton Gaspar, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Erofey Belyanskiy made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Bruninho de Medeiros sent off a good shot on target. Giuseppe Rossi lost his temper 19 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 18th minute, one of Agremiação Paulista:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Agremiação Paulista. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bruninho de Medeiros during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 22nd match minute, ITAJUBA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruninho de Medeiros to maneuver through the defense. Agremiação Paulista's Erofey Belyanskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Agremiação Paulista from getting a goal against them. 30 minutes into the match, Agremiação Paulista's goalkeeper Erofey Belyanskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Osmar Fantini. After a defensive mix-up in Agremiação Paulista's zone, Wilton Gaspar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erofey Belyanskiy came out of the goal and Wilton Gaspar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 36 minutes into the match, Agremiação Paulista's goalkeeper Erofey Belyanskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Osmar Fantini. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Reinaldo Varela during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, ITAJUBA's Reinaldo Varela got a free kick in the 39th minute. In the 45th play minute Osmar Fantini came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Erofey Belyanskiy. 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dudu Fontes to strike the kick off in the second half. Baltazar Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dudu Fontes who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Sidnei Batista when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 58 minutes into the game, Agremiação Paulista's Dudu Fontes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sidnei Batista made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Osmar Fantini hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After 62 played minutes Agremiação Paulista got a freekick which was hit by Amílton Mendonça. In the 63rdth minute of the game Osmar Fantini who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Agremiação Paulista's Erofey Belyanskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Agremiação Paulista's goal looked a bit too open when Wilton Gaspar came free, but Erofey Belyanskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 69 minutes, Marcinho Tavares mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Agremiação Paulista and the ITAJUBA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marcinho Tavares hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. If Osmar Fantini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erofey Belyanskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilton Gaspar, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 76th minute Wilton Gaspar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erofey Belyanskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erofey Belyanskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osmar Fantini, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After 79 minutes of play, ITAJUBA's Wilton Gaspar made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erofey Belyanskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Erofey Belyanskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilton Gaspar in the 84th minute of the match. Erofey Belyanskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osmar Fantini, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Erofey Belyanskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilton Gaspar, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Osmar Fantini in the 88th minute of play forced Agremiação Paulista's goalkeeper Erofey Belyanskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sidnei Batista made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dudu Fontes in the 93rd minute. With a little luck, ITAJUBA's Sidnei Batista got control of the ball when Dudu Fontes tried to sneak it across the goal line.