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Estádio Ferraz
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Chiquinho Berger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Washington Neto having to interfere. Dinei Amorim lost his temper 7 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ferraz fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 6th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Irajai a penalty, 8 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ronaldão Guedes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ferraz's Tião Veloso. 0-1. If Ronaldão Guedes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tião Veloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldão Guedes in the 17th minute of play. Dedé Lucas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Washington Neto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ronaldão Guedes in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tião Veloso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Ferraz getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Rafael Antunes hit a great ball. Ronaldão Guedes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Tião Veloso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dedé Lucas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tião Veloso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Benjamin da Rocha's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Tião Veloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldão Guedes in the 33rd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Ferraz's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin da Rocha came free, but Tião Veloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rômulo de Medeiros in the 36th minute of play forced Ferraz's goalkeeper Tião Veloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Washington Neto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adilson Nascimento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 minutes, Vítor Chaves mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Irajai and the Ferraz players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Irajai getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Vítor Chaves hit a great ball. In the 41st match minute, Ferraz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Flávio Capixaba to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamin da Rocha in the 43rd minute of play forced Ferraz's goalkeeper Tião Veloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Benjamin da Rocha notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ferraz's Tião Veloso. Tião Veloso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tião Veloso didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Irajai's Ronaldão Guedes shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adilson Nascimento was the one to do the kick off. Tião Veloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldão Guedes in the 55th minute of the match. After 61 played minutes Irajai got a freekick which was hit by Vítor Chaves. Dário Branco took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Washington Neto. Irajai's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the last second Tião Veloso throw himself and got hold of the ball when Ronaldão Guedes in the 66thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Ronaldão Guedes had several of the Ferraz's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 76 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-6 score and a disappointed Tião Veloso as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 79th match minute, Ferraz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adilson Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute, Leonel Maranhense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benjamin da Rocha charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benjamin da Rocha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Irajai's Benjamin da Rocha got a free kick in the 84th minute. After 86 played minutes, Irajai's Rômulo de Medeiros shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tião Veloso came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Irajai reached it. When Irajai's Ronaldão Guedes in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ferraz's goalie prevented a goal.