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Estádio Itororo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luiz Fábio Gaúcho made the kick off which started today's match. Murilo Cavalcante hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Valérien Klopp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flávio de Azevedo having to interfere. After having played for 13 minutes, Luiz Fábio Gaúcho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GMDuarte 82's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luiz Fábio Gaúcho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Flávio de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Gaúcho, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Murilo Cavalcante got free with Daniel Xavier in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 19th minute, Augusto Nogueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Xavier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliézer Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Daniel Xavier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliézer Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zé Carlos Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flávio de Azevedo having to interfere. In the 28thth minute of the game Luiz Fábio Gaúcho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Itororo's Flávio de Azevedo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Valérien Klopp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Flávio de Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jeremias Siqueira's late challenge caught a GMDuarte 82's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jeremias Siqueira helped the player get up and apologised. After 31 played minutes Itororo got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Siqueira. Flávio de Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Gaúcho in the 34th minute of play. After 37 played minutes Itororo got a freekick which was hit by Murilo Cavalcante. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valérien Klopp in the 39th minute of play forced Itororo's goalkeeper Flávio de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Fábio Gaúcho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Flávio de Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Eliézer Guerra made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Alfredo Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Luiz Fábio Gaúcho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Augusto Nogueira charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Augusto Nogueira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 58th minute Luiz Fábio Gaúcho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flávio de Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flávio de Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Fábio Gaúcho in the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute, Serginho França left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Itororo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 65th match minute, GMDuarte 82 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erivaldo Alvarenga to maneuver through the defense. Flávio de Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Gaúcho in the 72nd minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, GMDuarte 82's Luiz Fábio Gaúcho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Flávio de Azevedo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 77th minute Eliézer Guerra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 85 played minutes Luiz Fábio Gaúcho rounded Itororo's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. Flávio de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Gaúcho, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After 96 played minutes Itororo got a freekick which was hit by Manoel Salgado. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the GMDuarte 82 players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.