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Uberabão
Spectators: 6700 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Faustão de Senna made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Jeremias Braga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cabreiro's supporters rose to their feet, but Jeremias Braga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorginho Bertassi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Uberaba's Andrézinho Diniz got a free kick in the 5th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Cabreiro's Egídio Machado tried to score from far away in the 6th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Jorginho Bertassi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeremias Braga, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 12th minute Túlio Mangueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorginho Bertassi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Faustão de Senna did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Remo Neves 19 minutes into the match. If Túlio Mangueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeremias Braga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raphael Travassos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Remo Neves having to interfere. Túlio Mangueira struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Jorginho Bertassi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cabreiro. Jeremias Braga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorginho Bertassi having to interfere. Remo Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faustão de Senna, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After 48 played minutes Cabreiro got a freekick which was hit by Leonel de Azevedo. Faustão de Senna recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 49th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Túlio Mangueira in the 54th minute of play forced Uberaba's goalkeeper Jorginho Bertassi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Uberaba's Jorginho Bertassi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeremias Braga in the 55th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Túlio Mangueira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cabreiro's supporters rose to their feet, but Túlio Mangueira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorginho Bertassi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 66th minute Raphael Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remo Neves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 68 minutes into the game, Frank Bastos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cabreiro's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Uberaba the free kick. Frank Bastos kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Faustão de Senna might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Remo Neves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Faustão de Senna ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 73rd match minute, Uberaba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faustão de Senna to maneuver through the defense. Jorginho Bertassi made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Túlio Mangueira sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the Cabreiro defense, Raphael Travassos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Remo Neves. The Cabreiro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Remo Neves should have stopped the shot. When Raphael Travassos came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Uberaba fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Raphael Travassos couldn't finish the play. When Jeremias Braga came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Cabreiro fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jeremias Braga couldn't finish the play. In the 91st match minute, Uberaba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Paulo da Rocha to maneuver through the defense. Remo Neves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Faustão de Senna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 96 minutes, Raphael Travassos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Uberaba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Raphael Travassos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Uberaba fully deserved thier win.