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Estádio Aposento
Spectators: 7225 (Terracing: 5420, Seating: 1662, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carlos Fernando Barros started the match with the kick off. Carlos Fernando Barros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yan Valle having to interfere. A collision led to Máquina FC getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Elivélton Mendes hit a great ball. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Máquina FC's goalkeeper Décio Britto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by José Carlos Urbano during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastião Dias got free with Décio Britto in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zé Pedro Loureiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Décio Britto having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Telmo Veloso sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Stuttgart F.C's Yan Valle didn't even have to move. 23 minutes into the match, Stuttgart F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Enio Batista came free, but Yan Valle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Fernando Barros in the 27th minute of play forced Stuttgart F.C's goalkeeper Yan Valle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gilvan Paraibano during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 30th minute, Gilvan Paraibano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Elivélton Mendes was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 35 minutes had been played. Elivélton Mendes kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. The attack was good, but when Enio Batista in the 41st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. After some careless play in the Stuttgart F.C defense, Enrique Falcão kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yan Valle. The Stuttgart F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yan Valle should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Pedro Loureiro in the 47th minute of play forced Máquina FC's goalkeeper Décio Britto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zé Pedro Loureiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Máquina FC's Décio Britto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Pedro Loureiro in the 53rd minute of play. In the 59th minute Zé Pedro Loureiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Décio Britto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute of the match, Enio Batista got a very nice opportunity to score, but Yan Valle was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The supporters of Máquina FC booed when Stuttgart F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tião Toledo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Décio Britto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebastião Dias went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Enio Batista who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 70thth minute tested the skills of Yan Valle when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Enio Batista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 81 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Máquina FC! In the 82nd minute there was a penalty for Stuttgart F.C. Fabiano Pereira stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Décio Britto. 2-1. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Stuttgart F.C's goalkeeper Yan Valle, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Décio Britto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastião Dias, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.