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Guabiraba
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aloísio Linares kicked off to start the match. Mazinho Mangueira's late challenge caught a Testando's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mazinho Mangueira helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Guabiraba SC's Mazinho Mangueira got a free kick in the 4th minute. The audience was convinced that Dinei Meireles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leandro Queirós was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Testando's Enéas da Cunha got a free kick in the 12th minute. If Abelardo Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Enéas da Cunha recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Abelardo Queirós managed to get in a good position for a shot. Guabiraba SC's supporters rose to their feet, but Abelardo Queirós was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wellington Gerber breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Testando's Wellington Gerber got control of the ball when Abelardo Queirós tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Eliézer Pinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dinei Meireles might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leandro Queirós. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dinei Meireles ran back to his position shaking his head. Enéas da Cunha's late challenge caught a Guabiraba SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enéas da Cunha helped the player get up and apologised. Guabiraba SC's Abelardo Queirós got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eliézer Pinho 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. In the 35th match minute, Testando was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliézer Pinho to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 39 minutes, Enéas da Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Testando's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enéas da Cunha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Leandro Queirós stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dinei Meireles's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Haroldo Dante charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Haroldo Dante the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 44th match minute, Guabiraba SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haroldo Dante to maneuver through the defense. If Dinei Meireles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 49 minutes had been played when some careless play by Guabiraba SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Valdomiro Secco was slow to take the kick. During this time Testando's players had a chance to rest. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dinei Meireles to make the kick off. If Eliézer Pinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dinei Meireles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leandro Queirós having to interfere. Leandro Queirós made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dinei Meireles in the 58th minute of play. Dinei Meireles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Leandro Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guabiraba SC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Dinei Meireles scored to the left of an out of position Leandro Queirós, making the score, 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eliézer Pinho got free with Leandro Queirós in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abelardo Queirós fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wellington Gerber having to interfere. Dinei Meireles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leandro Queirós having to interfere. Testando's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.