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Gororos
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Gororos's Haroldo Loureiro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Gororos booed when Dilapdar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frédson Paraíba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ademar Arantes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Ernesto Dracena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jeremias Guerra took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cristiano Capixaba. Dilapdar's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 10 minutes, Ademar Arantes made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Gororos's Ernesto Dracena tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Dilapdar's Vito Bezerra got a free kick in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haroldo Loureiro in the 13th minute of play forced Dilapdar's goalkeeper Cristiano Capixaba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Célio Mazza during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 14th match minute, Gororos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Célio Mazza to maneuver through the defense. In the 16thth minute of the game Ademar Arantes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gororos's Ernesto Dracena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Haroldo Loureiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gororos's supporters rose to their feet, but Haroldo Loureiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristiano Capixaba breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 20th match minute, Dilapdar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Varela to maneuver through the defense. When Dilapdar's Ademar Arantes in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gororos's goalie prevented a goal. After 26 played minutes Gororos got a freekick which was hit by José Augusto Braga. Dilapdar's Valdir Trevisan got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 31 minutes into the match, Rômulo Leite had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristiano Capixaba. Dilapdar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rômulo Leite was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After some careless play in the Gororos defense, Ademar Arantes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ernesto Dracena. The Gororos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ernesto Dracena should have stopped the shot. In the 38th minute Valdir Trevisan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Dracena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ademar Arantes in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernesto Dracena saved Gororos from getting behind. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ademar Arantes was the one to do the kick off. If Ademar Arantes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rômulo Leite fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Capixaba having to interfere. After 54 minutes of play, Dilapdar's Ademar Arantes made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ernesto Dracena was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ernesto Dracena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdir Trevisan in the 61st minute of the match. Ademar Arantes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Ernesto Dracena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Dilapdar's Edmílson Pitta got a free kick in the 68th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Dilapdar's zone, Haroldo Loureiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristiano Capixaba came out of the goal and Haroldo Loureiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Gororos's Ernesto Dracena got control of the ball when Ademar Arantes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ernesto Dracena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ademar Arantes in the 85th minute of the match. Cristiano Capixaba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haroldo Loureiro in the 87th minute of play. In the 91stth minute of the game Ademar Arantes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gororos's Ernesto Dracena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match was over Dilapdar could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Gororos throughout the match.