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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Délio Aguiar made the kick off which started today's match. Osvaldinho França scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Celso Madureira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Mooca FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Manuel Baptista hit a great ball. Celso Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldinho França in the 8th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Délio Aguiar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Celso Madureira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Antônio de Almeida's late challenge caught a Tucandera's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antônio de Almeida helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, Mooca FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antônio de Almeida to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Osvaldinho França's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celso Madureira was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Celso Madureira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Délio Aguiar, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Tucandera's Basílio Meira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Tucandera from getting a goal against them. When Tucandera's Délio Aguiar in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mooca FC's goalie prevented a goal. Vicente Faustino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Basílio Meira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Basílio Meira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manuel Baptista went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Tucandera's Basílio Meira got control of the ball when Patrick Vianna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zé Paulo Nunes hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After 43 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tucandera! In the 45th minute there was a penalty for Mooca FC. Ernesto Hermes stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Basílio Meira. 2-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vicente Faustino to make the kick off. In the 57th minute, Pedrinho Furtado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Mooca FC's zone, Adelino Pombal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Celso Madureira came out of the goal and Adelino Pombal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Délio Aguiar in the 60th minute of play forced Mooca FC's goalkeeper Celso Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 played minutes Tucandera got a freekick which was hit by Horácio de Mendonça. The audience held their breath when Ernesto Hermes in the 65th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Basílio Meira's left hand side. In the 67th minute, Vicente Faustino made a precise shot to the right of Basílio Meira. Tucandera's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Manuel Baptista managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mooca FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Manuel Baptista was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Basílio Meira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 75th minute, Manuel Baptista 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrick Vianna in the 77th minute of play forced Tucandera's goalkeeper Basílio Meira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horácio de Mendonça charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Horácio de Mendonça the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Mooca FC booed when Tucandera was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Horácio de Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. Basílio Meira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reynaldo Mendes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the match, Mooca FC's Patrick Vianna sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Basílio Meira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Paulinho Neves fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tucandera's protests and gave Paulinho Neves a yellow card for diving instead. Paulinho Neves hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute Vicente Faustino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basílio Meira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Mendes in the 90th minute of play forced Tucandera's goalkeeper Basílio Meira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Mooca FC booed when Tucandera was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zé Paulo Nunes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patrick Vianna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Basílio Meira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.