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Badajos
Spectators: 7578 (Terracing: 5685, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 150) In the 12th minute, Ronaldão Cabral 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. Edvaldo Madureira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Botelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute, Badajos's Alessandro Duarte seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Alessandro Duarte the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Badajos protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Alessandro Duarte had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 16th minute, one of Badajos:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Badajos. A collision led to Sao Paulo CE getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Gualter Medeiros hit a great ball. Geovani Tinoco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 26th minute, Sao Paulo CE's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Vitinho Travassos fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 30th minute, Vitinho Travassos 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. 32 minutes into the match, Nuno Botelho notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Badajos's Edvaldo Madureira. Edvaldo Madureira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 37 minutes, Pedrão Dias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Badajos and the Sao Paulo CE players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Sao Paulo CE booed when Badajos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedrão Dias didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th minute, Bernardo de Queiroz sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Badajos's Edvaldo Madureira didn't even have to move. Edvaldo Madureira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raphael Trigo in the 41st minute of play. Horácio Medeiros hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute of the match Gualter Medeiros sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Edvaldo Madureira skillfully saved the ball. Vitinho Travassos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Geovani Tinoco's late challenge caught a Sao Paulo CE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Geovani Tinoco helped the player get up and apologised. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Nuno Botelho made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Horácio Medeiros 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. Vitinho Travassos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edvaldo Madureira was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Raphael Trigo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Raphael Trigo really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. With a little luck, Badajos's Edvaldo Madureira got control of the ball when Nuno Botelho tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Vitinho Travassos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Badajos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. 72 minutes into the game, Vitinho Travassos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Renan Cavalcante was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 76th minute Geovani Tinoco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Cavalcante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute, Badajos's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Raphael Trigo fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After a rather tough play, Badajos's Pedrão Dias got a free kick in the 79th minute. Vitinho Travassos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Renan Cavalcante having to interfere. 84 minutes into the match, Badajos's goalkeeper Edvaldo Madureira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nuno Botelho. Badajos's Benedito Hoffmann got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Benedito Hoffmann kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. In the 93rd match minute, Badajos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitinho Travassos to maneuver through the defense. Sao Paulo CE played a much better game than Badajos and deserved their victory. The Badajos players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.