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Estádio Abolição
Spectators: 7290 (Terracing: 5470, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carlinhos Prata started the match with the kick off. After recieving a nice pass, Abolição FC's Paulinho Viana tried to score from far away in the 5th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Wilson Fantini kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Pedro Paulo Meirelles 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. Pedro Paulo Meirelles did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Sidney Passos 14 minutes into the match. Pedro Paulo Meirelles struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Sidney Passos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Abolição FC. 21 minutes into the match, Mané Nunes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sidney Passos. Legionários FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mané Nunes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Mané Nunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidney Passos having to interfere. Carlinhos Prata sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Pedro Paulo Meirelles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bernardo Prata hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Nilmar de Godoi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 40th minute, Tiago Gabriel Esteves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Legionários FC's João Paulo de Azevedo got a free kick in the 43rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maurinho Camargo during the 48th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 47 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Legionários FC! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Paulo Meirelles to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Legionários FC's Alfredinho Coelho got a free kick in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute Mané Nunes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Passos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sidney Passos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedro Paulo Meirelles's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ronaldão da Fonseca during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 67th minute of the game. One of Abolição FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Legionários FC:s goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gil Queiroz during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A hard shot by Alfredinho Coelho from long distance, 77 minutes into the match, got Ademar Carvalho's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. If Nilmar de Godoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Mané Nunes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sidney Passos was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. 84 minutes into the game, Giovanni Valadares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Legionários FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Abolição FC the free kick. A collision led to Legionários FC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Giovanni Valadares hit a great ball. Pedro Paulo Meirelles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Sidney Passos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Pedro Paulo Meirelles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mané Nunes in the 93rd minute of play forced Legionários FC's goalkeeper Sidney Passos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sidney Passos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Paulo Meirelles, who was totally free with the ball in the 99th minute.