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Blumenkranz
Spectators: 7204 (Terracing: 5405, Seating: 1656, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carlos Eduardo Penha started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Blumenkranz's goalkeeper Leandro Veiga, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Leandro Veiga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from César Loyola went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Gernando Baptista might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leandro Veiga. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gernando Baptista ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 11th minute Maquine SC were awarded a corner. César Loyola went to the cornerflag to take it. A very nice done corner allowed Leonardo Esteves to score against Leandro Veiga in Blumenkranz's goal. 0-2 after 11 minutes. If Carlos Eduardo Penha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 22 minutes into the match, Blumenkranz's goal looked a bit too open when César Loyola came free, but Leandro Veiga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonardo Esteves hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 29th match minute, Blumenkranz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Fernando Braga to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Nelsinho Vargas took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Michel Leme to make any attempt to save it. Leonardo Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Leandro Veiga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Maquine SC's goalkeeper Michel Leme had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Eduardo Penha.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leonardo Esteves to strike the kick off in the second half. Leonardo Esteves blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Leandro Veiga having to make a save. The audience was convinced that Carlos Eduardo Penha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel Leme was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. The supporters of Blumenkranz booed when Maquine SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonardo Esteves didn't get a good kick on the ball. Guto Couto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Leme having to interfere. Leandro Veiga made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonardo Esteves in the 85th minute. César Loyola made in the 90th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Hortêncio Bezerra. If Carlos Eduardo Penha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Michel Leme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Eduardo Penha in the 93rd minute of the match. Guto Couto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Michel Leme tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carlos Eduardo Penha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Leme having to interfere. When the match was over Maquine SC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Blumenkranz throughout the match.