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Estádio Geolandia
Spectators: 6649 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 0) Jatei AD's Nicolas Alagoano started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 7 minutes into the match, Faustão de Carvalho notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Geolandia's Enrique Salles. Enrique Salles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Alagoano in the 11th minute of play forced Geolandia's goalkeeper Enrique Salles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. William Rossi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitório Alvarenga, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Enrique Salles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faustão de Carvalho in the 15th minute of the match. Enrique Salles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Alagoano in the 16th minute of play. Claudinei Veiga's late challenge caught a Geolandia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Claudinei Veiga helped the player get up and apologised. Claudinei Veiga kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. William Rossi acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 22nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Luiz Fabiano Silva. Adalberto Xavier charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adalberto Xavier the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Jatei AD getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Adalberto Xavier hit a great ball. Geolandia's Edu Correia shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 29th minute of play. The shot was stopped by William Rossi but with some difficulty. Faustão de Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Enrique Salles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Geolandia's goalkeeper Enrique Salles, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vitório Alvarenga in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg William Rossi saved Jatei AD from getting behind. If Faustão de Carvalho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vitório Alvarenga to make the kick off. William Rossi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hudson Netto's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Jatei AD's Faustão de Carvalho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Enrique Salles narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mathias Pernambucano hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Luiz Fabiano Silva hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Jatei AD's Claudinei Veiga shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 63rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Enrique Salles but with some difficulty. Hudson Netto hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 65 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Geolandia's Severino Sá fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 68th match minute, Geolandia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ian Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. Jatei AD's Claudinei Veiga couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 69th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Geolandia. After a defensive mix-up in Geolandia's zone, Nicolas Alagoano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Enrique Salles came out of the goal and Nicolas Alagoano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Jatei AD's zone, Severino Sá stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. William Rossi came out of the goal and Severino Sá tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Adalberto Xavier got his second yellow card in the match during the 78th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Adalberto Xavier hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, Severino Sá 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. In the 87th minute, Vitório Alvarenga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. William Rossi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitório Alvarenga in the 91st minute of the match. If Faustão de Carvalho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Jatei AD walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.