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Ibiaci
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Almir Lucas got the match started through his kick off. João Augusto Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Marcos Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcos Duarte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Almir Lucas went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Almir Lucas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fred Leal charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fred Leal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fred Leal hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Dagoberto Alcântaras short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Zé Pedro Dias to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Zé Pedro Dias managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when Ibiaci SS's Vito Carioca fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. João Augusto Azevedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Almir Lucas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vito Carioca 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. João Augusto Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Marcos Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zé Pedro Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dagoberto Alcântara in the 33rd minute of the match. Europe F.C.'s João Augusto Azevedo got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Almir Lucas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Ibiaci SS's Angelo Pinho got a free kick in the 38th minute. Marcos Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Augusto Azevedo in the 39th minute of play. A collision led to Ibiaci SS getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Ernesto Diniz hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vito Carioca got free with Zé Pedro Dias in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 45th minute Dagoberto Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Pedro Dias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dagoberto Alcântara scored 1-1 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zé Pedro Dias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

In the 56th minute Almir Lucas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vito Carioca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Almir Lucas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Almir Lucas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 72 minutes into the match, Rogério Secco notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Ibiaci SS's Marcos Duarte. Marcos Duarte was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 88th minute of the match Bernardinho Galvão shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zé Pedro Dias showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dagoberto Alcântara in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zé Pedro Dias saved Europe F.C. from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, João Augusto Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Europe F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but João Augusto Azevedo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcos Duarte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Europe F.C.'s supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.