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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Celso Godoi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Albertinho Botelho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Celsinho Maranhense went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Ernani das Neves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Álvaro Loyola's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Ismael Cardoso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Albertinho Botelho. Esporte Clube FR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ismael Cardoso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Ismael Cardoso charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ismael Cardoso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Esporte Clube FR booed when Winners Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ismael Cardoso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ernani das Neves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Celso Godoi went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Álvaro Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Ernani das Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Álvaro Loyola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ernani das Neves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celso Godoi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Celso Godoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Álvaro Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Ernani das Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Isaltino Trigo made a kick off. Celso Godoi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Ernani das Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Celso Godoi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernani das Neves was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Ernani das Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celso Godoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 61 minutes, Guga de Salles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Winners Football Club and the Esporte Clube FR players grew even worse after the yellow card. Guga de Salles hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. When Álvaro Loyola came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Esporte Clube FR fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Álvaro Loyola couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celso Godoi in the 65th minute of play forced Winners Football Club's goalkeeper Ernani das Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernani das Neves came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Esporte Clube FR's Álvaro Loyola. But to his dismay, Álvaro Loyola quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Ernani das Neves made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Álvaro Loyola sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Winners Football Club's Jonathan Tasso got a free kick in the 74th minute. Esporte Clube FR's Celso Godoi 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, Celso Godoi 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. Álvaro Loyola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernani das Neves having to interfere. Álvaro Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Ernani das Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, Winners Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Celso Godoi came free, but Ernani das Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 91st play minutes Isaltino Trigo shot 3-2, a short shot which went by Albertinho Botelho and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 94th minute, Celso Godoi 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. Esporte Clube FR's Celso Godoi got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Winners Football Club players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.