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Estádio C.A.V
Spectators: 7257 (Terracing: 5444, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Agostinho Lopez got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Valdir Tinoco managed to get in a good position for a shot. C R Flamengo's supporters rose to their feet, but Valdir Tinoco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Angelo Rossi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. José Pedro Galvão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Edgar Costa made a huge save. Marcelinho Pimenta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valdir Tinoco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Angelo Rossi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Pedro Galvão got free with Edgar Costa in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gualter Braga's late challenge caught a E. C.Votorantim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gualter Braga helped the player get up and apologised. After a defensive mix-up in C R Flamengo's zone, José Pedro Galvão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edgar Costa came out of the goal and José Pedro Galvão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 29th minute Marcelinho Pimenta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Rossi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32ndth minute of the game Valdir Tinoco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but E. C.Votorantim's Angelo Rossi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. José Pedro Galvão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgar Costa having to interfere. With a little luck, C R Flamengo's Edgar Costa got control of the ball when José Pedro Galvão tried to sneak it across the goal line. C R Flamengo's Edgar Costa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save C R Flamengo from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agostinho Lopez in the 44th minute of play forced C R Flamengo's goalkeeper Edgar Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelinho Pimenta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Rossi having to interfere. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Valdir Tinoco was the one to do the kick off. José Pedro Galvão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Edgar Costa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 55 minutes into the game, one of C R Flamengo:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. José Pedro Galvão blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edgar Costa having to make a save. Agostinho Lopez scored 2-0 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edgar Costa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Angelo Rossi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdir Tinoco, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. José Pedro Galvão blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edgar Costa having to make a save. Henrique Barros was shown his second yellow card after 79 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 80th match minute, C R Flamengo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henrique Barros to maneuver through the defense. Edgar Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Pedro Galvão in the 81st minute of play. José Pedro Galvão took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edgar Costa. Edgar Costa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Agostinho Lopez sped through C R Flamengo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Edgar Costa.