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Vila Capanema
Spectators: 7194 (Terracing: 5397, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 143) Olavo Maranhense started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Celso Arantes notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of 9 de abril fc's Juninho Guedes. Juninho Guedes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Afonso Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by João Francisco Mazza during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Parana Clube's João Francisco Mazza got a free kick in the 10th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Felippe do Nascimento notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Parana Clube's Paulo Aparecido. Paulo Aparecido was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Juninho Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olavo Maranhense in the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Celso Arantes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Parana Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Osvaldo Urbano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paulo Aparecido took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvaldo Urbano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Osvaldo Urbano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Paulo Aparecido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Osvaldo Urbano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olavo Maranhense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juninho Guedes having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Osvaldo Urbano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes, Célio Saldanha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Parana Clube and the 9 de abril fc players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Parana Clube's Célio Saldanha got a free kick in the 53rd minute. The audience was convinced that Osvaldo Urbano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulo Aparecido was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. With a little luck, Parana Clube's Paulo Aparecido got control of the ball when Afonso Montenegro tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Afonso Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as 9 de abril fc's Afonso Montenegro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paulo Aparecido. That made the score 2-2 after 66 minutes of play. Celso Arantes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juninho Guedes having to interfere. A collision led to 9 de abril fc getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Felippe do Nascimento hit a great ball. 75 minutes into the match, 9 de abril fc's goal looked a bit too open when Olavo Maranhense came free, but Juninho Guedes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olavo Maranhense might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Juninho Guedes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Olavo Maranhense ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, 9 de abril fc's Felippe do Nascimento got a free kick in the 84th minute. Narciso Teixeira was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 86 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 86th minute of the game. One of 9 de abril fc:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Parana Clube:s goal. The referee gave Parana Clube a penalty, 88 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Nilson Mota, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of 9 de abril fc's Juninho Guedes. 3-2. If Olavo Maranhense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.