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Estádio Rive
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Olívio Negri made the kick off which started today's match. Douglas Capixaba charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Douglas Capixaba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 12th match minute, Rive was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Douglas Capixaba to maneuver through the defense. Olívio Negri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Anderson Peixoto made a huge save. After 20 minutes of play, Star Sports's Sidney Vides made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tostão Mendes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Star Sports's goalkeeper Anderson Peixoto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rive's Tostão Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermínio Sanches in the 24th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, Rive's Douglas Capixaba sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anderson Peixoto narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tostão Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Borges in the 28th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Rive's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Borges came free, but Tostão Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rive's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hermínio Sanches was slow to take the kick. During this time Star Sports's players had a chance to rest. Edmílson Peixoto hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hermínio Sanches made a kick off. Olívio Negri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Anderson Peixoto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Star Sports's Hermínio Sanches slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tostão Mendes. That made the score 0-3 after 55 minutes of play. Tostão Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermínio Sanches in the 60th minute of the match. After 61 minutes, Cláudio Brodel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Star Sports and the Rive players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Hermínio Sanches sped through Rive's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tostão Mendes. With 70 minutes on the clock, Alberto Valadares commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 70 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Rive! Douglas Capixaba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Anderson Peixoto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Richard Borges's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 83rdth minute, Tostão Mendes skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 84 minutes into the game, Star Sports's Hermínio Sanches nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tostão Mendes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Tostão Mendes was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Hermínio Sanches capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hermínio Sanches really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. Douglas Capixaba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.