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Spectators: 7990 (Terracing: 5994, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cássio Velasco kicked off to start the match. Adriano Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Pirani in the 3rd minute of the match. Vascogoianiense FC's Nelsinho Leite proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Vascogoianiense FC from getting a goal against them. Cássio Velasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eliézer Bueno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Nelsinho Leite tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cássio Velasco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nelsinho Leite firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in Jumentus's zone, João Pirani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adriano Penha came out of the goal and João Pirani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Jumentus getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Javier Fonticoba hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that João Pirani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adriano Penha was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. 31 minutes into the match, Vascogoianiense FC's goalkeeper Nelsinho Leite had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tião Zanette. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Jumentus's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aírton Sousa was slow to take the kick. During this time Vascogoianiense FC's players had a chance to rest. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Cássio Velasco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jumentus's supporters rose to their feet, but Cássio Velasco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nelsinho Leite breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 40 minutes into the match, João Pirani notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Jumentus's Adriano Penha. Adriano Penha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 44 minutes in the game Matheus Neto did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aírton Sousa. Jumentus's Adriano Penha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Pirani in the 45th minute of play. A collision led to Jumentus getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Eliézer Bueno hit a great ball. A collision led to Vascogoianiense FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Gilmar Monteiro hit a great ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when João Pirani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the game, João Pirani lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Adriano Penha. Cássio Velasco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nelsinho Leite having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cássio Velasco in the 65th minute of play forced Vascogoianiense FC's goalkeeper Nelsinho Leite to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Jumentus's goal looked a bit too open when Gilmar Monteiro came free, but Adriano Penha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jumentus's Cássio Velasco got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 75th minute, Falcão de Godoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nelsinho Leite made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Velasco in the 87th minute of play. The supporters of Vascogoianiense FC booed when Jumentus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wambasther Ferdinand didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 94 minutes, Cássio Velasco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jumentus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cássio Velasco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Vascogoianiense FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.