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Estrema
Spectators: 7284 (Terracing: 5465, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vito Sousa kicked off to start the match. Sebastião Alves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celso Sampaio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vito Sousa spun around in front of the goal 8 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Estrema's goal. After some careless play in the Estrema defense, Vito Sousa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sebastião Alves. The Estrema fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sebastião Alves should have stopped the shot. Sebastião Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vito Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Hugo Neiva's late challenge caught a Bernardo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hugo Neiva helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Estrema getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Hugo Neiva hit a great ball. After having played for 17 minutes, Vito Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bernardo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vito Sousa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giovani Donatello in the 20th minute of play forced Bernardo's goalkeeper Lúcio Fantini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute Vito Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastião Alves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugo Neiva kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Sebastião Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Sousa in the 35th minute of play. Cléberson da Cunha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Lúcio Fantini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diego Albuquerque hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

The wind increased when Giovani Donatello made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bernardo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tiago Arósio was slow to take the kick. During this time Estrema's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Estrema's corner Tiago Arósio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lúcio Fantini quite easily take care of the ball. If Giovani Donatello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 60 minutes into the game, Celso Sampaio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bernardo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Estrema the free kick. Vito Sousa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Celso Sampaio was shown his second yellow card after 65 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 66th minute, Celso Sampaio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Vito Sousa fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bernardo's protests and gave Vito Sousa a yellow card for diving instead. After 69 played minutes Bernardo got a freekick which was hit by Vito Sousa. Bernardo's Vito Sousa got his second yellow card of the match in the 71st minute. The referee ordered Vito Sousa off the ground. In the 71st minute, Vito Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Giovani Donatello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lúcio Fantini having to interfere. Lúcio Fantini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cléberson da Cunha in the 81st minute of the match. If Diego Albuquerque had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Diego Albuquerque received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Sebastião Alves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Estrema defense, Lenílson Silva kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sebastião Alves. The Estrema fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sebastião Alves should have stopped the shot. If Giovani Donatello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 92 minutes, Lenílson Silva managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bernardo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lenílson Silva was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sebastião Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lenílson Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. The supporters of Bernardo booed when Estrema was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléberson Linhares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bernardo's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.