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Estádio Arapoti
Spectators: 7216 (Terracing: 5413, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Delfim Lucas started the match with the kick off. When Zé Carlos Ribeiro fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arapoti's protests and gave Zé Carlos Ribeiro a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Arapoti's Zé Carlos Ribeiro got a free kick in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, Xavantes's Joélson Vieira got a free kick in the 8th minute. Carlos Alberto Capixaba kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Xavantes's Carlos Alberto Capixaba got a free kick in the 12th minute. Bebeto Cerezo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fábio de Azevedo having to interfere. Bebeto Cerezo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fábio de Azevedo having to interfere. 30 minutes into the match, Arapoti's Luiz Fábio Prata sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Victor Meira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Xavantes's Victor Meira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Fábio Prata in the 34th minute of play. If Luiz Fábio Prata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Arapoti booed when Xavantes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. José Carlos de Moraes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luiz Fábio Prata fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victor Meira having to interfere. Luiz Fábio Prata received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Victor Meira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Luís Fernando de Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arapoti's supporters rose to their feet, but Luís Fernando de Lara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victor Meira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luiz Fábio Prata stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Delfim Lucas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 54th minute, Bebeto Cerezo 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. Victor Meira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Prata, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Ismael Fantini managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arapoti's supporters rose to their feet, but Ismael Fantini was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victor Meira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 59th minute Luiz Fábio Prata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victor Meira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Xavantes getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Carlos Alberto Capixaba hit a great ball. Victor Meira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Fábio Prata in the 70th minute of the match. Arapoti's Fábio de Azevedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Arapoti from getting a goal against them. Fábio de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delfim Lucas, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Zé Carlos Ribeiro hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Arapoti's Fábio de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delfim Lucas in the 79th minute of play. Fábio de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delfim Lucas, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 85 minutes into the match, Arapoti's goalkeeper Fábio de Azevedo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Delfim Lucas. Bebeto Cerezo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fábio de Azevedo having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ismael Fantini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victor Meira was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. Ismael Fantini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victor Meira having to interfere. Bebeto Cerezos short, quick shot in the 98thth minute got Fábio de Azevedo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.