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Estádio Catone
Spectators: 7391 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 120) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sydney Rosa started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matheus Aparecido during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 9 played minutes Cresciuma EC got a freekick which was hit by Matheus Aparecido. Juninho Cruz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sydney Rosa's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Juninho Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredão França in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, Cresciuma EC's goalkeeper Juninho Cruz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sydney Rosa. Cresciuma EC's Juninho Cruz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Cresciuma EC from getting a goal against them. Catone's Sydney Rosa was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 22nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Cresciuma EC's Juninho Cruz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Cresciuma EC from getting a goal against them. Catone were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after Cresciuma EC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Augusto Bezerra took the corner. Luciano Magalhães hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Sydney Rosas short, quick shot in the 34thth minute got Juninho Cruz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 38 minutes of play, Catone's Edmílson Neves made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juninho Cruz was left in no man's land by his defense there! 41 minutes into the match, Edmílson Neves notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Cresciuma EC's Juninho Cruz. Juninho Cruz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, Cresciuma EC's Juninho Cruz got control of the ball when Edmílson Neves tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ronaldinho das Neves kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Faustão Prado was the one to do the kick off. After 54 played minutes Cresciuma EC got a freekick which was hit by Wilton Nogueira. After 57 played minutes Cresciuma EC got a freekick which was hit by Wilton Nogueira. After 58 played minutes, Catone's Augusto Bezerra shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Juninho Cruz 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 Catone reached it. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Sydney Rosa put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Juninho Cruz. The audience was convinced that Sydney Rosa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juninho Cruz was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 64thth minute of the game Sydney Rosa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cresciuma EC's Juninho Cruz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Juninho Cruz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sydney Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sydney Rosa in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juninho Cruz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the Cresciuma EC defense, Chris Angel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Juninho Cruz. The Cresciuma EC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Juninho Cruz should have stopped the shot. Catone's Eliézer Urbano was substituted for Sydney Rosa. Luciano Magalhães kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Matheus Aparecido hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Edmílson Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eliézer Urbano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Juninho Cruz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Catone walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.