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Cipotanea
Spectators: 7240 (Terracing: 5432, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 143) Cipotanea's Edvaldo Coelho started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Rodriguinho Salles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Doriva Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 0-1 became the score in the 5th minute when Ademir Ferreira elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodriguinho Salles in the 14th minute of play forced Cipotanea's goalkeeper Doriva Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ademir Ferreira in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Doriva Azevedo saved Cipotanea from getting behind. Rodriguinho Salles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Doriva Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes in the game Paulo Berger did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Luiz Guilherme Batista. In the 32nd minute, Rodriguinho Salles ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Doriva Azevedo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Ademir Ferreira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Cosenza Calcio booed when Cipotanea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dalmo Lima didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cosenza Calcio's Luisinho Correia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Cosenza Calcio from getting a goal against them. In the 41st minute, Toninho Pernambucano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Cosenza Calcio getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Toninho Pernambucano hit a great ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Rodriguinho Salles made the kick off in the second half. Rodriguinho Salles succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-3 in the 51st playminute. Rodriguinho Salles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Doriva Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Cosenza Calcio getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Toninho Pernambucano hit a great ball. Rodriguinho Salles blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Doriva Azevedo having to make a save. Rodriguinho Salles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Doriva Azevedo having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Ademir Ferreira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cosenza Calcio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Doriva Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ademir Ferreira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olavo Novaes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Doriva Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ademir Ferreira in the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dino Arósio in the 96th minute of play forced Cosenza Calcio's goalkeeper Luisinho Correia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cosenza Calcio played a much better game than Cipotanea and deserved their victory. The Cipotanea players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.