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Estádio Calabar
Spectators: 7280 (Terracing: 5461, Seating: 1674, VIP seats: 145) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Delfim Vinhas started the match with the kick off. Eusébio Goiano made in the 7th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Delta FC's Iuri Dantas. 11 minutes into the game, Mansinho's Betão Machado nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benê Aguiar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 17th minute, Eusébio Goiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Betão Machado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benê Aguiar was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Benê Aguiar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renato Mota in the 26th minute of play. Benê Aguiar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Queirós in the 27th minute of the match. Benê Aguiar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Betão Machado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benê Aguiar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Queirós in the 39th minute of the match. After 40 played minutes Mansinho got a freekick which was hit by Betão Machado. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Delfim Vinhas in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Moisés Eger saved Mansinho from getting behind. The throw-in from João Carlos Madureira in the 43rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Delta FC's Válbson de Queiroz. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Betão Machado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Renato Mota charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Renato Mota the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Mansinho's Renato Mota got a free kick in the 53rd minute. The supporters of Delta FC booed when Mansinho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Betão Machado didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Delta FC's Delfim Vinhas in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mansinho's goalie prevented a goal. Válbson de Queiroz charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Válbson de Queiroz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 61 minutes into the game, one of Delta FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 74th minute Donato Queirós shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benê Aguiar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastião Neves's late challenge caught a Delta FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastião Neves helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Delta FC booed when Mansinho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastião Neves didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute, João Mota hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Delta FC's Delfim Vinhas got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Delta FC's Benê Aguiar got control of the ball when João Mota tried to sneak it across the goal line. Renato Mota sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mansinho played a much better game than Delta FC and deserved their victory. The Delta FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.