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Gigante da Beira Rio
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Zé Augusto Simão made the kick off and thus started the match. Victor Recife made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giovanni Pontes in the 5th minute of play. Duda Neiva kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giovanni Pontes in the 11th minute of play forced Arisvel AD's goalkeeper Victor Recife to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tostão Amorim hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Victor Recife made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giovanni Pontes in the 17th minute of play. Giovanni Pontes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Victor Recife tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Sport Club Niquito's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Augusto Simão came free, but Alfredo Maia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arisvel AD's Victor Recife played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giovanni Pontes in the 26th minute of play. Alfredo Maia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tostão Amorim in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th match minute, Sport Club Niquito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Damião to maneuver through the defense. Victor Recife showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giovanni Pontes in the 31st minute of the match. 32 minutes into the game, Tostão Amorim was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Arisvel AD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sport Club Niquito the free kick. After a rather tough play, Arisvel AD's Tostão Amorim got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 38 minutes into the match, Arisvel AD's goal looked a bit too open when Giovanni Pontes came free, but Victor Recife reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Arisvel AD getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Serginho Donatello hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giovanni Pontes to strike the kick off in the second half. Giovanni Pontes's late challenge caught a Arisvel AD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Giovanni Pontes helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sport Club Niquito getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Giovanni Pontes hit a great ball. In the 59th minute, Marcelinho Esteves made a precise shot to the right of Alfredo Maia. Sport Club Niquito's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Augusto Simão in the 62nd minute of play forced Sport Club Niquito's goalkeeper Alfredo Maia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sport Club Niquito's Alfredo Maia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Sport Club Niquito from getting a goal against them. Arisvel AD's Marcelinho Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 81st minute, Benjamin da Fonseca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute, Marcelinho Esteves 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. In the 86th minute Tostão Amorim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Maia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 90 minutes into the game, when Serginho Donatello put in a rough tackle. In the 93rd minute there was a penalty for Sport Club Niquito. Glauco Paiva stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Victor Recife. 1-3. Arisvel AD's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.