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Estádio Gran Parque
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Belmiro Dracena got the match started through his kick off. Murilo Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rubens Carneiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. José Vítor Santos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Falcão da Rocha kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the game, Murilo Amorim cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. José Vítor Santos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Antônio Carlos Mesquita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Luís Gustavo Fernandes made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Alma Castelhana FC's zone, Belmiro Dracena stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Vítor Santos came out of the goal and Belmiro Dracena tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 22 minutes, Belmiro Dracena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ponte de Safena's supporters crossed their fingers, but Belmiro Dracena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 23rd match minute, Alma Castelhana FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Falcão da Rocha to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Rubens Carneiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ponte de Safena's supporters rose to their feet, but Rubens Carneiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. José Vítor Santos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 32 minutes into the match, Rubens Carneiro notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Alma Castelhana FC's José Vítor Santos. José Vítor Santos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. José Vítor Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Marinho in the 36th minute of the match. Murilo Amorim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 38 minutes into the match, Alma Castelhana FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rubens Carneiro came free, but José Vítor Santos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Murilo Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Vítor Santos having to interfere. José Vítor Santos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Belmiro Dracena went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Falcão da Rocha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Augusto Marinho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 57 minutes Alma Castelhana FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Natanael Almeida who took care of the corner kick. Rubens Carneiro scored 0-4 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of José Vítor Santos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. José Vítor Santos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Belmiro Dracena went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubens Carneiro in the 69th minute of play forced Alma Castelhana FC's goalkeeper José Vítor Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Gustavo Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antônio Carlos Mesquita, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. José Vítor Santos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Belmiro Dracena, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Rubens Carneiro struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. José Vítor Santos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ponte de Safena. José Vítor Santos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Murilo Amorim in the 81st minute. With a little luck, Alma Castelhana FC's José Vítor Santos got control of the ball when Pedro Luís Moreira tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 85th minute, Rubens Carneiro 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. Pedro Luís Moreira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gilvan Paraibano kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Rubens Carneiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match was over Ponte de Safena could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Alma Castelhana FC throughout the match.