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Arena Bombadão
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alfredo Aparecido started the match with the kick off. Guga de Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexsandro Gomes in the 8th minute of the match. In the 11th minute Xandeco FC were awarded a corner. Lino Vander went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Luiz Torres got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dominik Bartelak quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Kauan Guimarães had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edmund Balkiewicz's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 28thth minute, Dominik Bartelak skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ervalzinho's Dominik Bartelak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeremias Luzea in the 30th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Ervalzinho's goal looked a bit too open when Edmund Balkiewicz came free, but Dominik Bartelak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alfredo Aparecido fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guga de Azevedo having to interfere. Valdemar Saldanha's late challenge caught a Xandeco FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valdemar Saldanha helped the player get up and apologised. Valdemar Saldanha hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. In the 38thth minute of the game Edmund Balkiewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ervalzinho's Dominik Bartelak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 39th minute Xandeco FC were awarded a corner. Lino Vander went to the cornerflag to take it. Kauan Guimarães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Edmund Balkiewicz made a kick off. In the 52nd minute of the match Vânderson Palmeira sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dominik Bartelak skillfully saved the ball. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ervalzinho's goalkeeper Dominik Bartelak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmund Balkiewicz in the 56th minute of play forced Ervalzinho's goalkeeper Dominik Bartelak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xandeco FC's Edmund Balkiewicz managed to work through Ervalzinho's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Edmund Balkiewicz dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. 63 minutes into the match, Edmund Balkiewicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dominik Bartelak. Ervalzinho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edmund Balkiewicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 65th minute, Antônio Martins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Edmund Balkiewicz put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Dominik Bartelak. In the 74th minute, Luiz Torres made a precise shot to the right of Dominik Bartelak. Ervalzinho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. After some careless play in the Ervalzinho defense, Edmund Balkiewicz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dominik Bartelak. The Ervalzinho fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dominik Bartelak should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmund Balkiewicz in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dominik Bartelak saved Ervalzinho from getting behind. 95 minutes into the match, Xandeco FC's Dino Amorim sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dominik Bartelak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ervalzinho's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.