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Umbuzeiro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Frank Camargo made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Umbuzeiro getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Wesley Lopes hit a great ball. Alessandro Alvarenga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Camargo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alessandro Alvarenga stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frank Camargo's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. 15 minutes into the game, Antônio Carlos Quintal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ITUIUTABA FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Umbuzeiro the free kick. In the 17th minute, Ramiro Dante 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. ITUIUTABA FC's Alessandro Alvarenga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save ITUIUTABA FC from getting a goal against them. A hard shot 24 in the game by Ramiro Dante from a close distance when the talented Alessandro Alvarenga managed to make a qualified save. ITUIUTABA FC's players were relieved. In the 28th minute Zé Paulo Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doni Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Davi Marinho hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Alessandro Alvarenga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Camargo, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Frank Camargo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcos Paulista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Doni Ramalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zé Paulo Albuquerque hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Álvaro Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Frank Camargo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Laerte Vargas to make the kick off. After some careless play in the ITUIUTABA FC defense, Ramiro Dante kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessandro Alvarenga. The ITUIUTABA FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessandro Alvarenga should have stopped the shot. Umbuzeiro's defense didn't have a chance, in the 58th minute, when Marcos Paulista scored to the left of an out of position Doni Ramalho, making the score, 2-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pedro Vasconcelos during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Pedro Vasconcelos kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Laerte Vargas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doni Ramalho was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. With his leg Doni Ramalho managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when ITUIUTABA FC's Marcos Paulista fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ramiro Dante in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alessandro Alvarenga saved ITUIUTABA FC from getting behind. Álvaro Lima hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Laerte Vargas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcos Paulista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Doni Ramalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Laerte Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro Dante in the 86th minute of play forced ITUIUTABA FC's goalkeeper Alessandro Alvarenga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laerte Vargas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcos Paulista who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 92ndth minute tested the skills of Doni Ramalho when he managed to save the team from getting behind. ITUIUTABA FC's Alessandro Alvarenga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Camargo in the 94th minute of play. Doni Ramalho made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Marcos Paulista sent off a good shot on target. Many of ITUIUTABA FC's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. ITUIUTABA FC may have spent more time on the ball, but Umbuzeiro were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.