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Estádio Urucum
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anderson Coelho made the kick off which started today's match. Urucum SC's Edmundo Rosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anderson Coelho in the 4th minute of play. Serafim Fantini's late challenge caught a Marizeiro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Serafim Fantini helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Serafim Fantini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes into the match, Marizeiro's Anderson Coelho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edmundo Rosa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Urucum SC's Edmundo Rosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabiano de Amaral in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Urucum SC's goal looked a bit too open when Fabiano de Amaral came free, but Edmundo Rosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Anderson Coelho came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Marizeiro 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 Anderson Coelho couldn't finish the play. After 20 minutes, Maurício Ferraz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marizeiro and the Urucum SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Marizeiro's Maurício Ferraz got a free kick in the 20th minute. 25 minutes into the game, Fabiano de Amaral was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Marizeiro's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Urucum SC the free kick. The supporters of Urucum SC booed when Marizeiro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabiano de Amaral didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Marizeiro's Maurício Ferraz got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 28th match minute, Marizeiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luizão Sanches to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute, Maurício Ferraz 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. In the 36th minute Fabiano de Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmundo Rosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edmundo Rosa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anderson Coelho went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 42nd minute Marizeiro were awarded a corner. Luís Fábio de Souza went to the cornerflag to take it. Joel Rosa's late challenge caught a Marizeiro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joel Rosa helped the player get up and apologised. If Fabiano de Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Marizeiro's Oscar Varela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Fernando Madureira in the 53rd minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, Urucum SC's goalkeeper Edmundo Rosa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fabiano de Amaral. In the 57th minute Anderson Coelho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmundo Rosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute, Anderson Coelho 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. In the 61st match minute, Marizeiro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maurício Ferraz to maneuver through the defense. Luiz Fernando Madureira spun around in front of the goal 62 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Marizeiro's goal. In the 68th minute Joel Rosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Urucum SC's Edmundo Rosa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Urucum SC from getting a goal against them. After 75 played minutes, Urucum SC's Armando de Medeiros shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Oscar Varela 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 Urucum SC reached it. In the 77th minute, Valdo da Mata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabiano de Amaral spun around in front of the goal 79 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Urucum SC's goal. When Róbson Nogueira fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Urucum SC's protests and gave Róbson Nogueira a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd match minute, Urucum SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Róbson Nogueira to maneuver through the defense. Edmundo Rosa was out of position in the 89 minute of play, and Anderson Coelho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Anderson Coelho really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. Joel Rosa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Oscar Varela read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Marizeiro eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.