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Estádio Altair
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Fabinho de Amaral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Assoc Atlética Epitaciana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Altair FC's Nilson Quaresma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcinho do Nascimento in the 7th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Moura in the 10th minute of play forced Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's goalkeeper Tomás Leão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Zézinho Mota fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. If Zézinho Mota had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paulo Renato Jacinto hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Délio Velloso kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Bernardo Moura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Tomás Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Altair FC's Marcus Vidal got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Antônio Carlos Matos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bernardo Moura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Tomás Leão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcinho do Nascimento charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marcinho do Nascimento the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Assoc Atlética Epitaciana getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Marcinho do Nascimento hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Marcus Vidal made the kick off in the second half. Antônio Carlos Matos hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Bernardo Moura managed to get in a good position for a shot. Altair FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Bernardo Moura was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tomás Leão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tomás Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Vidal in the 62nd minute of play. Tomás Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Moura, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Bernardo Moura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomás Leão having to interfere. Marcus Vidal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomás Leão having to interfere. When Marcinho do Nascimento was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 72 minutes had been played. A collision led to Assoc Atlética Epitaciana getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Marcinho do Nascimento hit a great ball. Altair FC's Zézinho Mota couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 74th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Assoc Atlética Epitaciana. After 78 minutes of play, Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's Cipriano Almeida made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nilson Quaresma was left in no man's land by his defense there! Antônio Carlos Matos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomás Leão having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, Altair FC's goalkeeper Nilson Quaresma had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cipriano Almeida. In the 90th minute, Bernardo Moura left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Altair FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. When Altair FC's Marcus Vidal in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Assoc Atlética Epitaciana's goalie prevented a goal.