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Pardiuva
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Mutrapeba's Dráusio da Cunha 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. Anselmo Penha made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Mateus Moura sent off a good shot on target. Mateus Moura sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Pardiuva getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. José Paulo Eger hit a great ball. Gerson Prado's late challenge caught a Mutrapeba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gerson Prado helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Mutrapeba booed when Pardiuva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerson Prado didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Mutrapeba's Rui Passos tried to score from far away in the 11th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 18 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Mutrapeba! The goalkeeper, Anselmo Penha, was totally fooled by Pardiuva's Rafinha de Andrade, who 20 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Pardiuva's Gerson Prado got his second yellow card of the match in the 24th minute. The referee ordered Gerson Prado off the ground. The supporters of Mutrapeba booed when Pardiuva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerson Prado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anselmo Penha was a little too slow when José Paulo Eger got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 2-0. Mateus Moura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anselmo Penha having to interfere. Mateus Moura blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Anselmo Penha having to make a save. A hard shot 38 in the game by Marcus Melo from a close distance when the talented Anselmo Penha managed to make a qualified save. Mutrapeba's players were relieved. Marcus Melo struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Anselmo Penha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pardiuva. With a little luck, Mutrapeba's Anselmo Penha got control of the ball when Mateus Moura tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 46 in the game by Mateus Moura from a close distance when the talented Anselmo Penha managed to make a qualified save. Mutrapeba's players were relieved. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

In the 54th minute Mateus Moura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. José Paulo Eger struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Anselmo Penha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pardiuva. With his leg Mateus Leite managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Mutrapeba's Vicente Pernambucano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mateus Moura sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dráusio da Cunha 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. Mateus Moura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Anselmo Penha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcus Melo struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Anselmo Penha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pardiuva. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rui Passos during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Rui Passos hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 97th minute, José Paulo Eger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Pardiuva fully deserved thier win.