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Piraim
Spectators: 6657 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 0) When Trocana SS's Rodolfo da Rocha in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Piraim's goalie prevented a goal. After 11 minutes, Rodolfo da Rocha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trocana SS and the Piraim players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Rodolfo da Rocha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Diogo Leme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kiko Arantes having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, Piraim's goal looked a bit too open when Carlinhos Cordeiro came free, but Kiko Arantes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kiko Arantes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlinhos Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After a rather tough play, Piraim's Olívio Travassos got a free kick in the 20th minute. Carlinhos Cordeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edinho Martins was extremely unlucky when he, in the 23rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. A collision led to Trocana SS getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Lauro Rossi hit a great ball. A hard shot by Márcio Campidelis from long distance, 28 minutes into the match, got Pedrinho de Godoy's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Kiko Arantes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlinhos Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After 33 minutes of play, Trocana SS's Carlinhos Cordeiro made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kiko Arantes was left in no man's land by his defense there! 36 minutes into the game, Edinho Martins cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Pedrinho de Godoy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Piraim's Kiko Arantes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogo Leme in the 40th minute of play. Edinho Martins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Pedrinho de Godoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in Piraim fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 46th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Trocana SS a penalty, 48 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cristiano Ceresso, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Piraim's Kiko Arantes. 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Luís Fábio Arantes made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luís Fábio Arantes in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pedrinho de Godoy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pedrinho de Godoy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Fábio Arantes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute Carlinhos Cordeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kiko Arantes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. During the 59th minute of the match Rodolfo da Rocha completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Rodolfo da Rocha a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 60th match minute, Trocana SS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodolfo da Rocha to maneuver through the defense. 63 minutes into the match, Piraim's goalkeeper Kiko Arantes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Diogo Leme. 82 minutes into the match, Piraim's goalkeeper Kiko Arantes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Diogo Leme. Piraim's Edinho Martins got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Leonardo Sá received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Kiko Arantes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diogo Leme succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 89th playminute. After 93 played minutes Trocana SS got a freekick which was hit by Olavo Simões. After 95 played minutes, Piraim's Márcio Campidelis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pedrinho de Godoy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Piraim reached it. 98 minutes into the match, Piraim's Luís Fábio Arantes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedrinho de Godoy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Trocana SS players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.