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Caio Prado FC
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Baltazar Amaral took the kick off in the first half of the match. Natanael de Amaral's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but David Pitta firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Vítor Nóbrega in the 5th minute of play forced Gurjao's goalkeeper David Pitta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Baltazar Amaral dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of David Pitta, 1-0. Erasmo Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antônio Carlos Marinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th match minute, Caio Prado was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiago Mangueira to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Antônio Carlos Marinho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erasmo Azevedo was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Natanael de Amaral's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but David Pitta firmly grabbed it by the left post. David Pitta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baltazar Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Erasmo Azevedo came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Gurjao's Válter Pereira. But to his dismay, Válter Pereira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After a rather tough play, Gurjao's Luizão Porto got a free kick in the 25th minute. A collision led to Gurjao getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Válter Pereira hit a great ball. Gurjao's David Pitta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Gurjao from getting a goal against them. If Renan Donatello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Pitta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baltazar Amaral in the 42nd minute of play. In the 45th minute of the match, Baltazar Amaral tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but David Pitta saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Luizão Porto hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leandro Mota was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute João Vítor Nóbrega shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Pitta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes into the game, Baltazar Amaral cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. David Pitta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renan Donatello in the 58th minute of play forced Gurjao's goalkeeper David Pitta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Caio Prado's Natanael de Amaral got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Guto Paulista's late challenge caught a Caio Prado's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guto Paulista helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Gurjao's Guto Paulista got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 65 minutes into the match, Gurjao's goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Amaral came free, but David Pitta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Válter Pereira fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gurjao's protests and gave Válter Pereira a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Gurjao getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Válter Pereira hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antônio Carlos Marinho got free with Erasmo Azevedo in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. David Pitta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natanael de Amaral in the 78th minute of the match. David Pitta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baltazar Amaral in the 80th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Renan Donatello notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Gurjao's David Pitta. David Pitta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. João Vítor Nóbrega scored 6-1 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of David Pitta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. João Vítor Nóbrega recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Renan Donatello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Caio Prado's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.