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Spectators: 6000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Raí Castro made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Tortinho's goal looked a bit too open when Raí Castro came free, but Mané Paulista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Tortinho getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Wesley Chaves hit a great ball. Geovani Vargas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mané Paulista having to interfere. 10 minutes into the match, ATIVE FC's Geovani Vargas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mané Paulista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 11th minute of the match, Raí Castro tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mané Paulista saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After some careless play in the ATIVE FC defense, Eurico Amaral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Allan Negri. The ATIVE FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Allan Negri should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 21 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Geovani Vargas sped through Tortinho's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mané Paulista. Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Mané Paulista successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 28th minute, Denílson Maranhense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Allan Negri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wesley Chaves in the 34th minute of play. Raí Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, ATIVE FC's Dráusio Neiva got a free kick in the 39th minute. 40 minutes into the match, ATIVE FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ulysses Penha came free, but Allan Negri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Geovani Vargas put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mané Paulista. After a rather tough play, Tortinho's Denílson Maranhense got a free kick in the 44th minute. Geovani Vargas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eurico Amaral to strike the kick off in the second half. Tortinho's Mané Paulista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raí Castro in the 51st minute of play. ATIVE FC's Raí Castro got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 58th minute, Raí Castro 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raí Castro in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mané Paulista saved Tortinho from getting behind. Mané Paulista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geovani Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute, Raí Castro 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. Eurico Amaral recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 70 minutes into the game, Raí Castro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Mané Paulista was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to ATIVE FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Valdomiro Berger hit a great ball. A hard shot by Otávio Amaral from long distance, 80 minutes into the match, got Allan Negri's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raí Castro in the 88th minute of play forced Tortinho's goalkeeper Mané Paulista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Geovani Vargas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mané Paulista was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Tortinho's Mané Paulista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geovani Vargas in the 92nd minute of play. There was no doubt that ATIVE FC were the better team. ATIVE FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.