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Arena Cachambi
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. Armando Mandrak started the match with the kick off. When Fred Fonseca fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cachambi FC's protests and gave Fred Fonseca a yellow card for diving instead. Fred Fonseca kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Fred Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute, Fausto Schmidt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 14 minutes of play, Cachambi FC's Fred Fonseca made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Paulo Paraense was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fausto Schmidt hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute Armando Mandrak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Paulo Paraense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Paulo Paraense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Mandrak in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Armando Mandrak got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pato City's Luís Paulo Paraense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcinho Faria in the 35th minute of play. After 35 played minutes Pato City got a freekick which was hit by Olívio Meireles. Fred Fonseca recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Cachambi FC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Luiz Eduardo Mendonça hit a great ball. In the 43rd minute of the match, Natanael Neves tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Luís Paulo Paraense saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. If Armando Mandrak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luís Paulo Paraense made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Fred Fonseca sent off a good shot on target. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cícero de Andrade to make the kick off. Vinícius Antunes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cícero de Andrade showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 52 minute of play. Pato City's Luís Paulo Paraense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Fonseca in the 58th minute of play. Cícero de Andrade recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pato City's Abelardo Meirelles got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cícero de Andrade had several of the Cachambi FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 64 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-2 score and a disappointed Vinícius Antunes as he didn't even see the shot coming. Leandro Vasconcelos hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Fred Fonseca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Luís Paulo Paraense tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Mandrak in the 70th minute of play forced Pato City's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Paraense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Pato City's goal looked a bit too open when Natanael Neves came free, but Luís Paulo Paraense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Natanael Neves hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Cícero de Andrade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Vinícius Antunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Fonseca in the 83rd minute of play forced Pato City's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Paraense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Pato City defense, Armando Mandrak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Paulo Paraense. The Pato City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Paulo Paraense should have stopped the shot. When Fred Fonseca was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.