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Estádio Itayopolis
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Luisinho de Castro started the match with the kick off. Basílio Luz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Natanael Cosme's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luisinho de Castro got free with Danilo Mandrak in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Natanael Cosme put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Basílio Luz. Maranhão 18 FC's Danilo Mandrak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luisinho de Castro in the 21st minute of play. After 24 minutes, Natanael Cosme made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Itayopolis EC's Basílio Luz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Maranhão 18 FC's Natanael Cosme got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Itayopolis EC's Luisinho de Castro got a free kick in the 30th minute. A collision led to Itayopolis EC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Celso Donato hit a great ball. 42 minutes into the match, Celso Donato had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Danilo Mandrak. Maranhão 18 FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Celso Donato was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 46th minute, Itayopolis EC's Luisinho de Castro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Danilo Mandrak. Danilo Mandrak yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Natanael Cosme to make the kick off. Diguinho Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Basílio Luz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Danilo Mandrak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luisinho de Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Ismael Vides sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Itayopolis EC getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Jorge Catarinense hit a great ball. In the 69th minute Diego Leal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danilo Mandrak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute, Luisinho de Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Danilo Mandrak was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. Maranhão 18 FC's Danilo Mandrak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Leal in the 74th minute of play. In the 75th minute, Luisinho de Castro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Itayopolis EC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-3. In the 79th minute, Luisinho de Castro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Itayopolis EC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-3. Pedrão Terra hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Tony Carneiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Danilo Mandrak was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-4. Danilo Mandrak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luisinho de Castro went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-4 was the resulting score.