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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cláudio Neiva started the match with the kick off. Hermínio Massa's late challenge caught a Bahia EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hermínio Massa helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sururu getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Hermínio Massa hit a great ball. In the 10th minute, Eliseu Paraibano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bahia EC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. When Sururu's Mané Aguiar in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bahia EC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 29th match minute, Bahia EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cláudio Fontes to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Mané Aguiar put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Gonçalo Chaves. In the 37th minute, Samuca Bittencourt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 49 minutes into the match, Sururu's Fábio Lira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gonçalo Chaves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mané Aguiar to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Fábio Lira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gonçalo Chaves was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 59th minute, Mané Aguiar 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 supporters of Bahia EC booed when Sururu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuca Bittencourt didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Cláudio Neiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Mané Aguiar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 73 minutes into the match, Sururu's goal looked a bit too open when Vítor Munhoz came free, but Juninho Ceresso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luís Meireles charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luís Meireles the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luís Meireles kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Gonçalo Chaves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fábio Lira in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Bahia EC's goalkeeper Gonçalo Chaves, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 85thth minute of the game Eliseu Paraibano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sururu's Juninho Ceresso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eliseu Paraibano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Eliseu Paraibano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sururu's Juninho Ceresso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseu Paraibano in the 94th minute of play. In the 96th minute, Mané Aguiar fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post.