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Estádio Maquine
Spectators: 7106 (Terracing: 5389, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 142) Maquine SC's Leonardo Esteves 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Percy Cerezo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pontale's supporters rose to their feet, but Percy Cerezo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Michel Leme breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Maquine SC's Michel Leme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franklin Travassos in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Gernando Baptista 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. After a rather tough play, Pontale's Alexsandro Meirelles got a free kick in the 11th minute. A collision led to Maquine SC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Leonardo Esteves hit a great ball. In the 14th minute Fernandinho Vinhas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duarte Vander in the 16th minute of play forced Maquine SC's goalkeeper Michel Leme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodolfo Medeiros made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonardo Esteves in the 18th minute. Leonardo Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Rodolfo Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodolfo Medeiros was a little too slow when Gernando Baptista got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 1-0. 27 minutes into the match, Pontale's Percy Cerezo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Michel Leme narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 33 minutes, Rodolfo Medeiros successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 34 played minutes Pontale got a freekick which was hit by Fernando Terra. Pontale's Rodolfo Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Esteves in the 39th minute of play. If Duarte Vander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Duarte Vander stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Pontale was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Percy Cerezo to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th match minute, Maquine SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chiquinho Loureiro to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Duarte Vander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel Leme was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Rodolfo Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hortêncio Bezerra in the 61st minute of the match. Rodolfo Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hortêncio Bezerra in the 66th minute of play. Rodolfo Medeiros didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leonardo Esteves went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. César Loyola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 81st match minute, Maquine SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Arce to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Pontale getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Franklin Travassos hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by César Loyola during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Maquine SC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. César Loyola hit a great ball. Duarte Vander charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Duarte Vander the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Pontale's Duarte Vander got a free kick in the 87th minute. César Loyola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodolfo Medeiros having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Maquine SC fully deserved thier win.