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Estádio Itanhaen
Spectators: 6000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luizinho Albuquerque made the kick off which started today's match. Dieguinho Pereira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Jerônimo Machado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Betão Figueiredo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd minute, Dieguinho Pereira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jerônimo Machado. The goal made the score 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Betão Figueiredo managed to get in a good position for a shot. TFPN's supporters rose to their feet, but Betão Figueiredo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerônimo Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Edgard Teles managed to get in a good position for a shot. TFPN's supporters rose to their feet, but Edgard Teles was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerônimo Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Betão Figueiredo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Betão Figueiredo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Betão Figueiredo during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to TFPN getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Betão Figueiredo hit a great ball. TFPN's Cristiano Lucas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Beto Senna, made in the 71st minute of the game. Jerônimo Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dieguinho Pereira in the 72nd minute of play. A collision led to Espera getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Gogo Elodio hit a great ball. Betão Figueiredo struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Jerônimo Machado didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TFPN. Espera's Jerônimo Machado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dieguinho Pereira in the 81st minute of play. Espera's Jerônimo Machado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Betão Figueiredo in the 83rd minute of play. Luizinho Albuquerque received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Breno Ceresso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jerônimo Machado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dieguinho Pereira went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. TFPN's Cristiano Lucas managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Beto Senna in the 94 minute of the game. 96 minutes into the match, Espera's goal looked a bit too open when Dieguinho Pereira came free, but Jerônimo Machado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The TFPN fans cheered their team off the field, for while Espera had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.