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Laranjeiras
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Elano de Almeida took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 played minutes Palmorindo got a freekick which was hit by Elano de Almeida. Luiz Guilherme Matos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walmyr Abreu in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Fluminense Football Club's Gil Maciel dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elano de Almeida in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luiz Guilherme Matos saved Fluminense Football Club from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Elano de Almeida put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Luiz Guilherme Matos. If Tarcisio Bittencourt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luisinho Valle hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gil Maciel got free with Evandro Correia in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarcisio Bittencourt in the 22nd minute of play forced Palmorindo's goalkeeper Evandro Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Guilherme Matos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elano de Almeida went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 28 played minutes Fluminense Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Mauro de Andrade. Elano de Almeida struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Luiz Guilherme Matos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Palmorindo. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Walmyr Abreu in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luiz Guilherme Matos saved Fluminense Football Club from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elano de Almeida in the 33rd minute of play forced Fluminense Football Club's goalkeeper Luiz Guilherme Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walmyr Abreu scored 1-3 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luiz Guilherme Matos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 45 minutes into the game, Daniel da Fonseca was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Palmorindo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fluminense Football Club the free kick. Daniel da Fonseca hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tarcisio Bittencourt was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Fluminense Football Club booed when Palmorindo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henrique Vargas didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Gil Maciel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evandro Correia was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. If Tarcisio Bittencourt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Fluminense Football Club defense, Elano de Almeida kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luiz Guilherme Matos. The Fluminense Football Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luiz Guilherme Matos should have stopped the shot. 68 minutes into the match, Palmorindo's goal looked a bit too open when Tarcisio Bittencourt came free, but Evandro Correia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Gil Maciel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel da Fonseca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Luiz Guilherme Matos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Tarcisio Bittencourt notched a goal, 2-5, to the right of Palmorindo's Evandro Correia. Evandro Correia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 82 minutes of play, Fluminense Football Club's Tarcisio Bittencourt made it 3-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evandro Correia was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Tarcisio Bittencourt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The attack was good, but when Elano de Almeida in the 90th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 94th minute Elano de Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Guilherme Matos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evandro Correia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarcisio Bittencourt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.