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Estádio Tupancireta
Spectators: 7244 (Terracing: 5468, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moisés Teixeira started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Moisés Teixeira managed to get in a good position for a shot. ASPEN's supporters rose to their feet, but Moisés Teixeira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tião Bastos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Genílson Cunha charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Genílson Cunha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Tupancireta booed when ASPEN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Genílson Cunha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juan Queiroz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugênio Valladares, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Juan Queiroz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tales da Mata in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute Eugênio Valladares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Queiroz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tião Bastos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Genílson Cunha in the 21st minute of the match. Tião Bastos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moisés Teixeira in the 23rd minute of play. When ASPEN's Moisés Teixeira in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tupancireta's goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th match minute, Tupancireta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Luiz Magalhães to maneuver through the defense. Juan Queiroz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugênio Valladares, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After 38 minutes, João Pedro Donatello mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tupancireta and the ASPEN players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tião Bastos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from César Macedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Moisés Teixeira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tião Bastos 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 away team seemed most concentrated when Eugênio Valladares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Moisés Teixeira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 63 minutes, the score became 0-1 when César Macedo sped through Tupancireta's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tião Bastos. 66 minutes into the match, Eugênio Valladares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juan Queiroz. ASPEN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eugênio Valladares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 70th minute, Eugênio Valladares ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Juan Queiroz was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. With his leg Tião Bastos managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when ASPEN's César Macedo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 2-2 became the score in the 80th minute when Moisés Teixeira elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A hard shot 84 in the game by César Macedo from a close distance when the talented Tião Bastos managed to make a qualified save. Tupancireta's players were relieved. If Moisés Teixeira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. César Macedo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 88thth minute, Tião Bastos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match was over ASPEN could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Tupancireta throughout the match.