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Spectators: 6973 (Terracing: 5423, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 50) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Germano da Rocha took the kick off in the first half of the match. Germano da Rocha's late challenge caught a Andarai FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Germano da Rocha helped the player get up and apologised. Germano da Rocha hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 8 minutes, Emanuel Gerber mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ciclón da Itapira and the Andarai FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute, one of Andarai FC: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 Andarai FC. 15 minutes into the game, Moisés Pontes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Andarai FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ciclón da Itapira the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Andarai FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! If Régis de Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Betão Albuquerque showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Válbson Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Germano da Rocha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Nildo Veiga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute of the match, Emanuel Gerber got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nildo Veiga was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When Emanuel Gerber came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Ciclón da Itapira 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 Emanuel Gerber couldn't finish the play. Emanuel Gerber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Germano da Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nildo Veiga having to interfere. Válbson Ferreira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Betão Albuquerque tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nildo Veiga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Germano da Rocha in the 44th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Válbson Ferreira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Régis de Barros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Betão Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Andarai FC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. João Vieira hit a great ball. Andarai FC's Nildo Veiga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Germano da Rocha in the 58th minute of play. A collision led to Andarai FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Dito Meira hit a great ball. If Germano da Rocha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st minute Germano da Rocha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nildo Veiga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Emanuel Gerber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nildo Veiga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Gerber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Andarai FC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Dito Meira hit a great ball. Germano da Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nildo Veiga having to interfere. João Vieira charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed João Vieira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bruno Bastos hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Ciclón da Itapira fully deserved thier win.