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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gil Peres started the match with the kick off. With his leg Telmo Trigo managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when Bazar Alegria E.C. FSCMZ's Gil Peres fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 9 minutes, Armando de Brito mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bazar Alegria E.C. FSCMZ and the A.A. Francana players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th minute, a hard, long distance shot from Vinícius Fernandes hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. The supporters of A.A. Francana booed when Bazar Alegria E.C. FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Armando de Brito didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to A.A. Francana getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Luiz Eduardo Rodrigues hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by João Adolfo Leite during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 37 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goalkeeper Telmo Trigo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gil Peres. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when João Adolfo Leite made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Júnior Arruda was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bazar Alegria E.C. FSCMZ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave A.A. Francana the free kick. Júnior Arruda hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After 54 played minutes, A.A. Francana's Serginho Alagoano shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jerônimo de Mendonça 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 A.A. Francana reached it. Armandinho Vergílio charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Armandinho Vergílio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Edmílson Senna struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Telmo Trigo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bazar Alegria E.C. FSCMZ. In the 66th minute of the match, Armandinho Vergílio tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Jerônimo de Mendonça saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 71 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Hoffmann came free, but Telmo Trigo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Adolfo Leite in the 72nd minute of play forced Bazar Alegria E.C. FSCMZ's goalkeeper Jerônimo de Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Ernesto Hoffmann notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of A.A. Francana's Telmo Trigo. Telmo Trigo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Telmo Trigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vinícius Fernandes in the 78th minute of play. A.A. Francana's Cido Vinhas got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Válbson Loyola during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to A.A. Francana getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Válbson Loyola hit a great ball. Josué Aguiar didn't quite understand what happened when in the 92 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.