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Arena Ativa
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Juan Costa made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 6th minute, Benedito Matos 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. Ativa Sport Club's attentive Benedito Matos managed to snatch the ball when Caio Couto made a throw-in in the 9th minute of the game. Juan Costa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. José Carlos Godoi came out and tried to block the shot, but Juan Costa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. After 18 played minutes Ativa Sport Club got a freekick which was hit by Benedito Matos. Fred Neiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. José Prata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ativa Sport Club's Benedito Matos quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Caio Couto, made in the 26th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Virgílio Andrade during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 27 played minutes Ativa Sport Club got a freekick which was hit by Virgílio Andrade. José Prata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredinho Neto in the 28th minute of the match. Ativa Sport Club's José Prata played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredinho Neto in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Belchior Cavalcante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juan Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benedito Matos hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute, Virgílio Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juan Costa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without José Carlos Godoi having to make a save. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

José Prata didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alfredinho Neto went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. A sloppy throw-in by Caio Couto in the 58th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Ativa Sport Club's Benedito Matos. When Juan Costa came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Ativa Sport Club fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Juan Costa couldn't finish the play. In the 61st minute Juan Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Carlos Godoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ativa Sport Club's Benedito Matos quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Caio Couto, made in the 62nd minute of the game. Juan Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. José Carlos Godoi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 76th minute Juan Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Carlos Godoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfredinho Neto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but José Prata read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. If Juan Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ativa Sport Club's José Prata proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Ativa Sport Club from getting a goal against them. In the 86th minute, Alfredinho Neto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Joaninha FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. 90 minutes into the match, Ativa Sport Club's Juan Costa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that José Carlos Godoi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Juan Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. José Carlos Godoi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chants of Joaninha FC echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Ativa Sport Club had held the ball for most of the match.