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Estádio do Fúria
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dário Albuquerque took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fúria Futebol Clube's Júlio Porto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dário Albuquerque in the 4th minute of play. After 4 played minutes Fúria Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Franklin Alves. Antônio Madureira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Antônio Madureira struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Júlio Porto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ceará. Luís Gustavo Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 19th minute Dário Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Júlio Porto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonardo Fernandes made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Frank Campidelis sent off a good shot on target. Fúria Futebol Clube's Júlio Porto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Branco in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Sílvio Cruz 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. 27 minutes into the game, Ceará's Ricardo Branco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Júlio Porto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fúria Futebol Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gilberto Leite was slow to take the kick. During this time Ceará's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Ceará's Gilberto Leite to fire away a dangerous shot which Júlio Porto despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The supporters of Ceará booed when Fúria Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hortêncio Fernandes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gilberto Leite took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Júlio Porto. Fúria Futebol Clube's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Emílio de Carvalho kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 40thth minute of the game Frank Campidelis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ceará's Leonardo Fernandes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Frank Campidelis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonardo Fernandes having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Campidelis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Luís Gustavo Carvalho 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dário Albuquerque in the 54th minute of play forced Fúria Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Júlio Porto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the game, Frank Campidelis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Leonardo Fernandes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Leonardo Fernandes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Campidelis in the 60th minute of the match. Ceará's Leonardo Fernandes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Cruz in the 62nd minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Ceará's Emílio de Carvalho seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Emílio de Carvalho the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Ceará protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Emílio de Carvalho had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 64th minute, Emílio de Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luís Gustavo Carvalho took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leonardo Fernandes. Leonardo Fernandes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Leonardo Fernandes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hortêncio Fernandes in the 73rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Luís Gustavo Carvalho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fúria Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Luís Gustavo Carvalho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonardo Fernandes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ceará's Leonardo Fernandes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Campidelis in the 79th minute of play. Júlio Porto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ricardo Branco in the 81st minute. 82 minutes into the match, Dário Albuquerque had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Júlio Porto. Fúria Futebol Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dário Albuquerque was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Luís Gustavo Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonardo Fernandes having to interfere. In the 87th minute, Frank Campidelis 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. The Ceará players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Fúria Futebol Clube from taking control. The game ends in a draw.