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Spectators: 7208 (Terracing: 5408, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 143) Luisinho Mota made the kick off and thus started the match. After a defensive mix-up in Shrewsbury Town's zone, Gilvan Tavares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Celsinho Barros came out of the goal and Gilvan Tavares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fred Donatello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Celsinho Barros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Laércio Britto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fred Donatello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celsinho Barros having to interfere. Celsinho Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Donatello in the 23rd minute of play. When the match had been going on for 27 minutes, Tocandira FC's Olavo Berger got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Celsinho Barros. The audience was convinced that Luisinho Mota's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leonardo Simão was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Gilvan Tavares struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Celsinho Barros didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tocandira FC. Fred Donatello sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Egídio Braga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonardo Simão having to interfere. Shrewsbury Town's Celsinho Barros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Shrewsbury Town from getting a goal against them. If Gilvan Tavares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fred Donatello made a kick off. If Gilvan Tavares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 56 minutes into the game, Luisinho Mota lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Leonardo Simão. Luisinho Mota's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonardo Simão read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. With his leg Leonardo Simão managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Shrewsbury Town's Luisinho Mota fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Luisinho Mota had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Donatello in the 73rd minute of play forced Shrewsbury Town's goalkeeper Celsinho Barros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute, Luís Matorin 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. Egídio Braga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Leonardo Simão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gilvan Tavares struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Celsinho Barros didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tocandira FC. The Shrewsbury Town supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Shrewsbury Town would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.