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Arena dos Fanáticos
Spectators: 7345 (Terracing: 5511, Seating: 1689, VIP seats: 145) The mood of the audience was pleasant when André Branco made the kick off which started today's match. Fanáticos's Luisinho Cavalcante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Pedro Monteiro in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Olavo Baptista cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Luisinho Cavalcante was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 17 minutes into the match, Olavo Baptista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luisinho Cavalcante. Fanáticos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Olavo Baptista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 20th match minute, Tejuco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Eduardo Costa to maneuver through the defense. Luisinho Cavalcante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Pedro Monteiro in the 24th minute of the match. André Branco's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 25thth minute, Marcelo Prado skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Marcelo Prado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Branco in the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olavo Baptista in the 30th minute of play forced Fanáticos's goalkeeper Luisinho Cavalcante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Pedro Monteiro in the 32nd minute of play forced Fanáticos's goalkeeper Luisinho Cavalcante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 34 played minutes Tejuco got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Eduardo Costa. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olavo Baptista in the 38th minute of play forced Fanáticos's goalkeeper Luisinho Cavalcante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Olavo Baptista left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tejuco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Eduardo Costa in the 44th minute of play forced Fanáticos's goalkeeper Luisinho Cavalcante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Branco in the 46th minute of play forced Tejuco's goalkeeper Marcelo Prado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Olavo Baptista to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 51 minutes, Olavo Baptista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tejuco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olavo Baptista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. José Pedro Monteiro took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luisinho Cavalcante. Luisinho Cavalcante dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. José Pedro Monteiro struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Luisinho Cavalcante didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tejuco. In the 58th minute Olavo Baptista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisinho Cavalcante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Paulo Lago hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Luisinho Cavalcante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olavo Baptista in the 64th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Tejuco's Olavo Baptista slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Luisinho Cavalcante. That made the score 1-5 after 68 minutes of play. Olavo Baptista scored 1-6 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luisinho Cavalcante, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. José Pedro Monteiro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luisinho Cavalcante having to make a save. Luiz Fábio de Mendonça charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Fábio de Mendonça the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Fanáticos booed when Tejuco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Fábio de Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benê Eger in the 86th minute of play forced Tejuco's goalkeeper Marcelo Prado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th match minute, Tejuco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Sarmento to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Fanáticos's Luisinho Cavalcante got control of the ball when Fernando Sarmento tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 92nd minute, José Pedro Monteiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luisinho Cavalcante was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-7. When the match was over Tejuco could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Fanáticos throughout the match.