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Costinha
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Elder Mendes made the kick off and thus started the match. Emerson Cabral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from William Jacinto in the 8th minute of play. After 11 minutes, Bebeto Cardoso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Costinha AD and the Pumas AC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Costinha AD getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Bebeto Cardoso hit a great ball. Egídio Alagoano took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Emerson Cabral. Costinha AD's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Durval Negri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elder Mendes in the 15th minute of the match. Durval Negri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elder Mendes, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. The supporters of Costinha AD booed when Pumas AC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aníbal Paiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emerson Cabral stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tadeu Mendonça's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Emerson Cabral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Jacinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Durval Negri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mateus Barral in the 26th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mateus Barral got free with Durval Negri in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Mateus Barral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 33 minutes of play, Costinha AD's Mateus Barral made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Durval Negri was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeu Mendonça in the 37th minute of play forced Costinha AD's goalkeeper Emerson Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emerson Cabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeu Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Emerson Cabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeu Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Mateus Barral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Durval Negri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emerson Cabral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tadeu Mendonça in the 48th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tadeu Mendonça to make the kick off. A collision led to Pumas AC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Aníbal Paiva hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeu Mendonça in the 58th minute of play forced Costinha AD's goalkeeper Emerson Cabral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. William Jacinto might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emerson Cabral. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. William Jacinto ran back to his position shaking his head. If Elder Mendes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Mateus Barral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Costinha AD's Emerson Cabral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeu Mendonça in the 69th minute of play. Tadeu Mendonça fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emerson Cabral having to interfere. In the 75th minute, Humberto de Alcântara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 76 minutes into the match, Pumas AC's Egídio Alagoano broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 77th match minute, Costinha AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Humberto de Alcântara to maneuver through the defense. Emerson Cabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadeu Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Tadeu Mendonça fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emerson Cabral having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, Pumas AC's William Jacinto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emerson Cabral narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pumas AC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.