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Estádio Joanesia
Spectators: 6666 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1666, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Joanesia AD! The referee gave EMAD F.C a penalty, 6 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Vicente Nóbrega, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Joanesia AD's Natã Galvão. 0-1. Donato de Lima was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Romário Abraão. EMAD F.C's Dorian Vargas got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jaime de Andrade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Natã Galvão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Jaime de Andrade came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the EMAD F.C fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jaime de Andrade couldn't finish the play. Natã Galvão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime de Andrade in the 22nd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, EMAD F.C's goal looked a bit too open when João Eger came free, but Donato de Lima reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute Jaime de Andrade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natã Galvão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dorian Vargas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Natã Galvão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 35 minutes, Jaime de Andrade managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. EMAD F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jaime de Andrade was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 37th minute, Jaime de Andrade got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 38th minute, Rodolfo Salgado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. João Eger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Donato de Lima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jaime de Andrade stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Virgílio Pombal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Joanesia AD's supporters rose to their feet, but Virgílio Pombal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Donato de Lima breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. EMAD F.C's Ruy Eger got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rodolfo Salgado was shown his second yellow card after 61 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 62nd match minute, Joanesia AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodolfo Salgado to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime de Andrade in the 63rd minute of play forced Joanesia AD's goalkeeper Natã Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Laércio Madureira during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to EMAD F.C getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Laércio Madureira hit a great ball. Jaime de Andrade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to EMAD F.C getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Carlos Toscano hit a great ball. EMAD F.C's Jaime de Andrade got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Joanesia AD's zone, Dorian Vargas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Natã Galvão came out of the goal and Dorian Vargas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Durval de Almeida hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. If Dorian Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sandro Lira kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. EMAD F.C's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.